Traffic anarchy - that leads to less accidents

Skybird · 09-12-07, 06:21 AM

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...505246,00.html

Hehe, late satisfaction for me: I did not know such plans exist. Longer time ago I was sitting and talking with some friends and suggested that if you know that you have certain rules that give you rights in traffic, you tend to take them as granted and expect everybody to know - which maybe leads to a drop in awareness, and thus more accidents. Apparently the people behind these plans now think in the same direction.

I wonder though if it would work in dense traffic conditions like in Berlin, for example. Probably not.

Bohmte is close to Osnabrück, btw, I know that place.

Tchocky · 09-12-07, 06:27 AM

I heard about this on the way to work. Pre-coffee, so now I know that I didn't imagine it.

Tourists will love it

The Avon Lady · 09-12-07, 06:31 AM

As long as there are no 70's model Ford anarchist drivers around, it might work.

SUBMAN1 · 09-12-07, 01:38 PM

This is pretty funny! Wow! Who would have thought!??? But I guess it makes sense in a way. There were very little signs back in the 30's, right?

3Jane · 09-12-07, 01:48 PM

Fewer accidents

Hakahura · 09-12-07, 06:19 PM

I've seen this in action in Holland.

The Dutch use this system in places.
Seems to work.
Anyone from the Netherlands care to comment?

The idea behind it being you see this awful mess of car, trucks, cyclists and pedestrians and go WTF!
Then you concerntrate harder and hopefully in the process consider other road users.

09-12-07, 06:21 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,626 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Traffic anarchy - that leads to less accidents http://www.spiegel.de/international/...505246,00.html Hehe, late satisfaction for me: I did not know such plans exist. Longer time ago I was sitting and talking with some friends and suggested that if you know that you have certain rules that give you rights in traffic, you tend to take them as granted and expect everybody to know - which maybe leads to a drop in awareness, and thus more accidents. Apparently the people behind these plans now think in the same direction. I wonder though if it would work in dense traffic conditions like in Berlin, for example. Probably not. Bohmte is close to Osnabrück, btw, I know that place. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-12-07, 06:27 AM	#2
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I heard about this on the way to work. Pre-coffee, so now I know that I didn't imagine it. Tourists will love it __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

09-12-07, 06:31 AM	#3
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	As long as there are no 70's model Ford anarchist drivers around, it might work. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

09-12-07, 01:38 PM	#4
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is pretty funny! Wow! Who would have thought!??? But I guess it makes sense in a way. There were very little signs back in the 30's, right? __________________

09-12-07, 01:48 PM	#5
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fewer accidents __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

09-12-07, 06:19 PM	#6
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've seen this in action in Holland. The Dutch use this system in places. Seems to work. Anyone from the Netherlands care to comment? The idea behind it being you see this awful mess of car, trucks, cyclists and pedestrians and go WTF! Then you concerntrate harder and hopefully in the process consider other road users. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

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