Patrick Lenon wrote:
> For some reason, describing him as "The late Hans Monderman" does not fill > me with confidence in his laissez-faire approach to safety... ;) Prostate cancer. I assume you mean that he didn't see the signs. (Sorry if the attempt at levity is misplaced.) http://www.theguardian.com/news/2008/feb/02/mainsection.obituaries > > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:36:19 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Less signage is safer? > > Driven To Distraction > > Sometimes, while driving, one comes to an intersection with lots of > signs, many lanes, and a maybe a few traffic lights as well. Trying to > discern whether you have the right of way is a difficult feat in the > handful of seconds in which one has to make that decision. Perhaps, like > above, everyone has to simultaneously try and figure out which road > goes where. Other times, the below happens. In these cases, you make > your best guess and just go for it. Unfortunately, all too often another > driver guesses differently and you end up there inches into his or her > rear bumper -- or worse. > > > > > > And the solution of urban planners and traffic experts: add even more > signs. > > > > The late Hans Monderman thought this was at times backward, so he undid > it. His theory: get rid of all the signs. Let drivers, pedestrians, and > cyclists figure it out themselves. > > Rest of story: > http://nowiknow.com/driven-to-distraction/ > -- > > a > > Andy Bach, > [email protected] > > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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