LED Billboard?

[INRETECH]

I think placement should be considered, in the case of the one in Portland, when you are driving at night and your eyes are setup for such, you come around this corner and BLAM this HUGE sign just about blinds you and then you have another intersection; its not like its far away and you see it coming

They should have taken that when deciding on placement of the sign

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Maybe they ought to move that sign to the intersection, and place a "Warning! Bright LED Sign Ahead!" sign using incandescent light bulbs or neon tubing in the space the obnoxious sign now occupies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[PhotonWrangler]

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INRETECH said:
I think placement should be considered, in the case of the one in Portland, when you are driving at night and your eyes are setup for such, you come around this corner and BLAM this HUGE sign just about blinds you and then you have another intersection; its not like its far away and you see it coming


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I agree. The right placement can enhance the asthetics of the installation as well as the surrounding area. The wrong placement can wind up looking gaudy at best, and at it's worst it can create a driving hazard as you've described. Like anything else it's location, location, location.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

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The LED Museum said:
Maybe they ought to move that sign to the intersection, and place a "Warning! Bright LED Sign Ahead!" sign using incandescent light bulbs or neon tubing in the space the obnoxious sign now occupies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Ha! Yeh.

At the very least they should dim the !*#& thing down at night. This is NOT difficult to accomplish, and it could eliminate or reduce a potential traffic hazard. Anything less is irresponsible.

 

[gadget_lover]

There's a similar billboard on I-880 near the Oakland (Calif) airport. It's huge, and at dusk it can be blinding. It would be less of a hazard if it was near street level but it's on a
column waaaay up in the air. It draws your eye as you drive by it, sometimes to the point where the road ahead is not in your field of vision. I'd say it was pretty effective and well executed.

What's neat is that you can see if from the air on approach, eaven though it's a mile from the flight path. Now that's a bright sign :-)