Less traffic lights, safer roads!


Anywhere else this premise might work?

I know that local Councils have removed road markings from some roads to see what effect they have and that there is a junction somewhere which is well publicised for having a conglomeration of road signs which make decisions very difficult.




Also, on East Anglia news earlier, a Council member said that they would not be installing speed bumps on a stretch of road known for road accidents and 7 fatal casualties since last Chrimbo, as cars that hit them too fast would be liable to spinning out of control.
Instead they are fixing a couple of speed cameras up, which will be expected to gather £400,000 in fines for the council annually each.

"It works well because it is dangerous, which is exactly what we want."

Can you imagine a government official saying that in the United States? He'd get his butt sued off the first time there was a fender bender.

As an advocate of folks taking more personal responsibility for their actions, I find the whole concept intriguing. I'm not sure most North Americans would be open-minded enough to give this a try though. It seems counter-intuitive.

We have a few roundabouts in my area and they seem to work rather well. Where there was once a mile long line waiting for the traffic light to change there is now free flowing traffic.

It's a good point, even though it seems contradictory--but a lot of folks drive recklessly because they feel too safe. Making them more cautious is a good thing, though as Blackshear said, it'd never fly in the States...