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Yep. Traffic fatalities increased after clearing the sides of intersections to remove obstacles. If your field of vision is covered with trees, you drive much
by hexane360 10y ago
Yep. Traffic fatalities increased after clearing the sides of intersections to remove obstacles.
If your field of vision is covered with trees, you drive much slower. If you feel like you're driving on an open road, you drive much faster.
Obviously there are some cases where the increase in safety outweighs the increase in recklessness, but not all cases.
- mhalle 10y agoThis relation is often true, but not always. For instance, if a driver can't see past an obstruction and needs to pull into a crosswalk to look for oncoming traffic, he or she may neglect to look for a crossing pedestrian because of a prioritization of risk. Progressive traffic engineering is required to balance these competing interests and safety needs on a case-by-case basis.