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Interesting video, but I can't help but think the roadway is now worse. It's disjointed and there are two intersections instead of one. Why not install a red li

• Swizec 3y ago
  Making it "worse" is the point. The practice is known as traffic calming road design – https://globaldesigningcities.org/publication/global-street-design-guide/designing-streets-people/designing-for-motorists/traffic-calming-strategies/ https://globaldesigningcities.org/publication/global-street-... For example: Many rural towns put a giant unnecessary corner on the road entering the town. Forcing you to slow down and obey the speed limit. Or the road splits in two just to go around a pretty sculpture someone decided to put in the middle of the road. Again to force you to slow down naturally.
• cassianoleal 3y ago
  > the roadway is now worse Worse for whom? If it has the intended effect (and apparently it does), it's certainly not worse for the cyclists who were getting hurt. > Why not install a red light or a roundabout? Tom Scott explains the reasons for not installing traffic lights or speed bumps in the original video. On top of those, if drivers are not even reducing their speed at the stop sign, what would make them do that for a red light? I'm not sure how a roundabout is better for anyone than the staggered junction. It's certainly worse for the cyclist on the main road, who would have to pay a lot more attention to a lot more places, and also reduce speed. It's certainly worse for drivers on the main road, who lose their right-of-way. It's unlikely to be (much?) better to the drivers on the side road, who still have to go through junctions - only this time they're between the road and the roundabout and vice-versa.