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As a driver I can understand why removing traffic lights makes sense in some regards. However, I spend less time driving than I do by my usual form of transpor
by nicholassmith 14y ago
As a driver I can understand why removing traffic lights makes sense in some regards.
However, I spend less time driving than I do by my usual form of transport, walking, and frankly there's a minor subsection of drivers who are bad enough as it is (case in point, how many jump zebra crossings).
Maybe it's just in need of disruption, adaptive pattern systems and such.
- kfullert 14y agoI've heard some Spanish traffic lights are quite "smart" for traffic control (these are mainly on highways rather than junctions/pedestrian crossings) where if you travel at or below the speed limit, the lights are green, speed and they go red thereby giving a positive association for not speeding (ie if you don't speed, you and everyone else travelling the same stretch probably get there faster - make everyone stop as you're speeding and most likely people won't be happy)
- toemetoch 14y agoThey have them in a lot of European countries, we call it "the green wave". There's also another trend on the rise: cameras that take photographs of license plates at an interval of several miles. If the calculated speed (the average) is larger than what's permitted you get a ticket.
- kfullert 14y agoYes, we have those in the UK called SPECS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_%28speed_camera%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_%28speed_camera%29) although these are generally (only in my experience) used temporarily in roadworks etc. which have a temporary lower speed limit. I believe France did this the low-tech way in the past with toll roads (get a ticket with the time when you enter a toll road, pass it to the booth when you get off, S=D/T and caclulate if you have a speeding fine to pay as well)