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I guess it's more efficient, because at a four-way intersection in the north-american system there are always pedestrians and cars crossing. Whereas in the stan
by namdnay 5y ago
I guess it's more efficient, because at a four-way intersection in the north-american system there are always pedestrians and cars crossing. Whereas in the standard european system, either cars going left are stopped in a dedicated lane, or pedestrians are waiting for the cars that are going left to finish.
obviously that efficiency comes at the cost of a higher mortality :(
- chrisseaton 5y agoI would have thought the UK way was more efficient because you can cross diagonally? In the US system you have to wait for two sets of lights to cross diagonally.
- kelnos 5y ago> Whereas in the standard european system, either cars going left are stopped in a dedicated lane, or pedestrians are waiting for the cars that are going left to finish. We have this in the US as well, but only at more-busy intersections that warrant a dedicated left-turn signal arrow. Pedestrians who could get hit by left-turning cars are given a don't-walk sign while the left arrow is green.