How refreshing Simon's viewpoint is! Strangely enough, I stopped during a walk the other day on one not very busy intersection - two suburban streets, each having a partial one-way section - and counted the number of street signs. There were 20! How many road-users would take in all of those messages, some of which were redundant - including one which indicated the route to a bikeway some 400 metres away on the riverbank 30 meters below the road...
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Saturday, 20 September 2008 5:00 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: OT (Bikey): A robust defence of Elle Macpherson Here is an interesting article (with which I agree) about the paradoxical dangers arising from our safety culture: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/transport.transpor t Interesting quote: "All vehicles are people in disguise, negotiating the use of common space with each other. They must never be induced to delegate that obligation to signs and machines. They certainly must not think themselves safer than others, or they will behave with less consideration for others as a result." Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
