L E D Destinations

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RE: L E D Destinations

(25/01/2015 22:35)SLTRegular Wrote:  Are we Sticking with Orange LED's in England as Australia is starting to introduce a lot of White LED's including on my favourite buses the Volgren Optimus B7RLE's with Brisbane

I've been spending time in the West Midlands recently and Arriva Shires have LED displays in all sorts of colours, including multi-colour. Personally I think it looks awful, is confusing and is a distraction to drivers, particularly at night. Personally I prefer the 'standard' orange LEDs with large format fonts, such as Arriva's '471 Heswall'- no nonsense, easy to read regardless of time of day, age or eyesight and isn't a distraction to drivers as it doesn't dominate sodium street lights at night. White LED displays may be better when we have predominently white LED streetlighting as the whole streetscene will be brighter and whiter.