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Originally Posted by cllew
I noticed over the last few days that Transit has made a slight change on their main destination signs on their buses. Instead of showing SORRY then Not in Service when running empty they changed it to show together on one display with the Sorry being now in a smaller font.
I'm wondering what motivated the change unless WT needed another space in the sign memory and by consolidating the out of service on one display it freed up a slot.
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Could it just be that they want to make the message immediately readable? When the message is split among two signs, you have to have continuous visibility of the bus for 5-ish seconds, while the signs cycle. With one condensed sign you can immediately read the entire message.