--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 2063667852598904740&hl=en > > Hilarious! > > (It is sped up just a bit, though.) > > There's a movement among some city planners and > traffic engineers to do away with all traffic > signals, stop lights, pedestrian crossings, and > so on, at least in certain areas; they've tried it > in a couple of places, and after a period of > adjustment, it works beautifully and *reduces* the > number of accidents--because everybody has to keep > their wits about them and be aware of where > everybody else is and what they're doing. > > This video looks like the ultimate test of such > a system... > > I can't understand, though, why so many of them > are making U-turns! >
************************ One of the comments below the video: "India has the highest death rate in the world from traffic accidents according to the World Health Organization. The rate is about 30-35 per 100,000 compared to 11-16 in the developed world. (REF: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/924156220X.pdf ). This is despite fewer miles driven, lower automobile ownership rates, slower speeds, and greater use of public transportation or walking than in developed countries." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
