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This type of "Shared Space" junction in a rural area in the Netherlands is an interesting solution: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.093333,6.2410165,255a,35y,32

This type of "Shared Space" junction in a rural area in the Netherlands is an interesting solution: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.093333,6.2410165,255a,35y,328.48h,44.92t/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@53.093333,6.2410165,255a,35y,32... Several bad accidents happened here before this was implemented, none since 2009 when it was. Note that there are distinct paths for bicycles next to the roads, but that's standard. There are no signs, no rules, but the roads can't be taken in a straight line anymore and it's certainly suggested that the junction is a pedestrian area. Drivers get confused which grabs their attention and makes them slow down.

pas 9y ago
> no signs Wow. I thought there must be at least one sign saying "shared space". But apparently not :o > no rules So cops can't ticket you if you cause an accident? I guess the rules are just the basic driving rules. Give way to people coming from your right, and anyone who goes straight has some advantage. But since this is basically an unmarked roundabout (drivers are supposed to keep to the right), that rules probably doesn't apply.
- Scarblac 9y ago
  I meant no special rules for this kind of setup, its precise status is quite undefined, it's certainly not a roundabout. In the Netherlands if a motorized vehicle is in an accident with a weaker traffic participant (pedestrian or bicyclists) they are automatically liable anyway, that doesn't change. So you're left with give way to the right and don't hit each other, yes.