Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
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Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
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Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#2This is a solved problem and it's astonishing the world hasn't just adopted the Dutch traffic engineering standards outright. It's FASTER for cars and safer for people.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#3It never ceases to amaze me how many (fatal or serious) accidents (of all types in all circumstances) occur due to wanting to save seconds -- not minutes, hours, days, or weeks -- but seconds.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#4> Drivers now do not want to get stuck at the light, so they are consistently running red lights
Police stopped enforcing red lights all over California after covid. And getting cameras installed is a Herculean task.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#5Knew before I clicked: it's a flat 4-way intersection of two large-ish streets where there is ample space for something else. Hint: draw a small circle in the middle of the intersection and take down the damn stop signs.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#6> Drivers now do not want to get stuck at the light, so they are consistently running red lights Police stopped enforcing red lights all over California after covid. And getting cameras installed is a Herculean task.
The Texas government decided that red light cameras can't enforce the law. That's how car-brained we are.
Muh privacy or something.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#7Knew before I clicked: it's a flat 4-way intersection of two large-ish streets where there is ample space for something else. Hint: draw a small circle in the middle of the intersection and take down the damn stop signs.
Are you talking about roundabouts? Those are a nightmare for pedestrians
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#8This is an annoying change, but the cars in the video weren't actually running any red lights.
Doesn't help the case to exaggerate.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#9This is a solved problem and it's astonishing the world hasn't just adopted the Dutch traffic engineering standards outright. It's FASTER for cars and safer for people.
The lack of adoption of best practices from other countries is generally baffling to me. When I first visited China grim Europe and saw traffic lights with countdowns (like in the US) I thought we did immediately adopt this in Europe. Cultural inertia and lack of looking outwards is really frustrating.
Re: Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers
#10This is a solved problem and it's astonishing the world hasn't just adopted the Dutch traffic engineering standards outright. It's FASTER for cars and safer for people.
Which standards are you referring to?