Thursday, 20 September 2012
Safety with less regulation?
At Portishead, near Bristol, the traffic lights were removed at a congested junction in an experiment to see whether traffic flow would improve. It seems that the experiment worked, bringing about a significant reduction in journey times without any compromise in road safety. The lights were removed permanently early last year. (See the story in This is Bristol.)
Some would see this as an example of how things can be better with less regulation and government interference. Not sure how well the abolition of traffic lights would work in some parts of London but perhaps that is too sceptical.
H/T A Tangled Web
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I'm impressed. I can't imagine this happening in my state of Maryland. Kudos to those making the decision!
IT took me about a month of driving in the UK to figure out that in your case, depending on where the roundabout it, it definitely helps keep the traffic flowing NOT to have them regulated. Now Hanger Lane, OTOH.... the one place I told Q 'no' was Trafalgar Square. I was not going to attempt that on a busy Saturday afternoon for my first try.
Maybe some Sunday at 5 a.m. in the summer.
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