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Busman747 · 08-01-2005, 11:28

The UK has a reputation for zany ideas but this latest one beats all......

Exhibition Road in London which is home to the Victoria and Albert Museum as well as the Science and Natural History Museums is to have all the white lines, pedestrian crossings and pavements removed and will become a "shared place" where motorists and pedestrians have equal rights and no one has priority,described in the press as "a sort of peace 'n' harmony"

This means that you have a perfect right to walk up the centre of the "shared place" while cars simply drive anywhere as long as that space isn't taken up by other drivers or pedestrians.

The whole idea is madness but it is compounded by the fact that the road they have selected has thousands of school children daily in parties of 30 or more visiting the museums.

Are we talking days or hours before someone is killed?

08-01-2005, 11:28	#1
Busman747 Always EVIL within us Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 1,568 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 40 times Rep Power: 1670	A "shared place" on the roads The UK has a reputation for zany ideas but this latest one beats all...... Exhibition Road in London which is home to the Victoria and Albert Museum as well as the Science and Natural History Museums is to have all the white lines, pedestrian crossings and pavements removed and will become a "shared place" where motorists and pedestrians have equal rights and no one has priority,described in the press as "a sort of peace 'n' harmony" This means that you have a perfect right to walk up the centre of the "shared place" while cars simply drive anywhere as long as that space isn't taken up by other drivers or pedestrians. The whole idea is madness but it is compounded by the fact that the road they have selected has thousands of school children daily in parties of 30 or more visiting the museums. Are we talking days or hours before someone is killed? __________________ Pray that there is intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's Bu""er all down here on Earth - (Eric Idle)