For some reason, describing him as "The late Hans Monderman" does not fill me with confidence in his laissez-faire approach to safety... ;)
-------------Patrick Lenon Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:36:19 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Less signage is safer? Driven To Distraction Sometimes, while driving, one comes to an intersection with lots of signs, many lanes, and a maybe a few traffic lights as well. Trying to discern whether you have the right of way is a difficult feat in the handful of seconds in which one has to make that decision. Perhaps, like above, everyone has to simultaneously try and figure out which road goes where. Other times, the below happens. In these cases, you make your best guess and just go for it. Unfortunately, all too often another driver guesses differently and you end up there inches into his or her rear bumper -- or worse. And the solution of urban planners and traffic experts: add even more signs. The late Hans Monderman thought this was at times backward, so he undid it. His theory: get rid of all the signs. Let drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists figure it out themselves. Rest of story: http://nowiknow.com/driven-to-distraction/ -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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