A self-luminous road sign system comprises a plurality of sensor units 1 .
. . 1 each of which is equipped at least with a visibility meter and an
illuminance meter, or which may be equipped with an anemovane and a
thermometer as well as the visibility meter and the illuminance meter;
and an information processing and management department 2 for centralized
management of weather information detected by the plural sensor units in
order to predict any danger in the road observation area, wherein the
output information from the information processing and management
department 2 is displayed on road installations 4 . . . 4 connected via a
network. Based on the road background brightness obtained by the
illuminance meter in the sensor unit, the optimum luminous brightness
which provides a predetermined contrast is calculated. Based on this
optimum luminous brightness and depending on the visibility information
outputted from the visibility meter, the luminous brightness or
information display of the sign part is controlled.