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Better idea: make the road actually safe at higher speed. If you don't want people getting hit by cars, you need to make them visible. Get rid of parallel park
by tropo 10y ago
Better idea: make the road actually safe at higher speed.
If you don't want people getting hit by cars, you need to make them visible. Get rid of parallel parking. Get rid of bushes and mailboxes near the road. If there is a sidewalk, put it 10 feet from the road. Get rid of roadside advertising.
With those changes, highway speeds are perfectly safe. People don't pop out from behind opaque objects if there are no opaque objects near the road, and people don't fall into the road if the sidewalk is set back. Drivers have plenty of warning when somebody approaches the road, and there they can pay full attention because the distractions have been removed.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- rocqua 10y agoGiving drivers sight of pedestrians is good, but giving drivers to much open sight lines is bad. Open sight lines are exactly what make people drive faster. Mailbox near the road seem like a great idea to me. It communicates that people might be here, creates a visual obstacle that will get people to drive slower, and if you hit one, it doesn't cause a shit ton of damage (unlike, say, a tree).
- douche 10y agoAs a counterpoint, having mailboxes right next to the road is a great way to wind up with your mailbox absolutely obliterated by the snowplow as it goes by...