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I wish you well. However unless you can reach absolute critical mass so drivers are constantly scared of being caught I don’t think it’ll do much. Fixing bad d
by jackvalentine 4y ago
I wish you well. However unless you can reach absolute critical mass so drivers are constantly scared of being caught I don’t think it’ll do much.
Fixing bad driving through neighbourhoods isn’t a matter of enforcing people who misbehave, it’s a matter of re-designing the streets to make it so people can’t, or don’t feel its safe to do so. This is called ‘traffic calming’ and is commonly done by reducing the width of the road, installing barriers and planter boxes to discourage speeding etc.
https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/Traffic-Calming-to-Slow-Vehicle-Speeds https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/Traffic-Calmin...
- grepfru_it 4y agoImagine how quickly these traffic calming interventions would be deployed if the community received an overwhelming deluge of reported driving infractions...
- jackvalentine 4y agoI don’t think they would be. People who live in these areas already know how badly drivers behave. The system more-or-less is working as ‘intended’ and anything that might undermine the hegemony of cars or even just slow them down faces massive pushback.
- landemva 4y agoTraffc lights stop cars for minutes, and most drivers don't seem to care or don't know there are alternatives which are faster and typically safer. Traffic planners are just set in their ways.
- jackvalentine 4y agoDrivers hate traffic lights, try introducing them for pedestrian crossings in neighbourhoods and you’ll see :) But they’re generally accepted because they’ve been part of the furniture for a hundred years. Try reducing the traffic lane down to one or blocking off the middle of a suburban street to stop rat runners and you’ll see people be absolutely furious.