On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Rupert Goodwins wrote:

Very interesting article on Wired
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...w=wn_tophead_7
reporting on experiments in removing road signs, traffic lights,
marking, even the edge beween the pavement and the road. If the
results mentioned are true, it seems the best way to cut down on
accidents and increase mobility is to remove anything that tells you
what to do and instead force drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to use
their eyes.

There has been quite a bit of work on schemes like this. What it comes
down to is presenting drivers with something unfamiliar - when they lose
all the signs and markings they're used to, they don't know what's going
on, so they slow down. The problem is, once they get used to it, it
doesn't work, and they get faster again. Perhaps the solution is to keep
changing the signs and markings every few months!

tom

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