--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regarding prescription matters a funny story in a German town near Franfurt recently came up by the release of some assembly of twon councils. They decided (most probably because of economic and not so much of ethical reasons) to reduce the amount of traffic signs to 10%. leaving it up to the public how to decide, while being part of the road traffic. To make it short: The wonderous result seems to be, the more you give confidence to the people, the more personal responsibility they are willing and able to set free and behave like "legally" grounded individuals. > Hagen > > ------That's totally cool! Here in the US we are getting automated cameras which take traffic offender's photo as they run red lights or break the speed limits. The Law is becoming automated. It won't be too long before real and total Fortress America. <snip>
I have read some about this. The concept is called "shared space" and wouldn't you know, there is a Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space If will be interesting to see how it works out in Europe. Everyone has to pay attention. Maybe it will get people off their cell phones when driving! >
