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Originally Posted by shakermaker
Seems a good deal for vehicle drivers is traffic lights are abandoned but on the pedestrian front - unless you are a pregnant woman or a parent with your young child, you aren't going to get across a road in a month of Sundays.
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The short documentary that they showed of Sweden or perhaps Denmark, where not only had they removed the traffic lights but also the yellow box junctions, showed pedestrians walking amongst the traffic, (individuals not a protest march), and the drivers basically treated them as a round-about.
I understand, your misgivings, but if given the chance to think for ourselves, who knows how safe the roads could become? It is claimed from this 'experiment', that not only pedestrian but also vehicle accidents have reduced to almost nil.
let's face it courtesy is something that has disappeared from our roads, if we can bring it back, how many lives could we save? Not just pedestrians but motorists as well?