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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1105614487492&call_pageid=970599119419

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1427660,00.html

I'd like to see them try this in Cambridge, if only because the clutter on the streets in the city centre is incredibly ugly. This is assuming, of course, that it has the right effect on taxi drivers and other cretins. But given that our councils have very old-fashioned and rules-bound approaches to road design, I don't have much hope.

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[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

They it's working, but how long has it been working for? I seem to remember someone comparing safety when a traffic change I can't remember, but was something that sounded like it should be more dangerous; at first accidents decreased, presumably because everyone was scared and driving more carefully, but later, everyone got used to it, and accidents increased back up to slightly higher than they were to start with.

Other problems would be things like turning onto a busy road. Will people let someone in ahead of them if the traffic lights are removed? Or think 'someone else can'?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

That seems to suggest that if you want to keep accidents down, you should continuously change the rules. Of course, people might get used to that too...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

And then change the meta rules, eg. not changing the rules for a bit.. And then the meta-meta-rules. And soon, the w-meta-rules...