On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:26:42 -0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:12:46 -0800 (PST), Onetap wrote:
There are just too many ******* on the UK's roads.
Maybe we need more "shared spaces". No barriers, no kerbs, no signs,
no road markings as we currently know them(*) just a flat open space.
Apparently where they have been introduced accident rates plummet
compared to the barriered, kerbed,
signed and marked areas they replaced.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00n96c4
(*) Just different coloured/textured areas that indicate but do not
enforce "paths".
That's surprising. Although I've seen this work in France - perhaps it makes drivers pay more attention.
However in Glasgow where all the lane markings had worn off, chaos ensues at junctions. Glaswegians are just *******.
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