[RP TownTalk] "Surprise: Making driving seem more dangerous could make it safer."

[Cranky old Coot]

Dwight Holmes wrote, On 7/6/2009 10:28 AM:
> Fascinating article on a new paradigm in the design of traffic flow
> systems.  
Not sure how new the idea is. Back in the early '60s when I was in the 
area, there was a notorious intersection in Minneapolis, MN called 
"Seven Corners." Seven 2-way streets, all 4 or 6 lanes wide, intersected 
in a big patch of blacktop. They tried light, signs, white/yellow 
stripes nothing worked. There were finder-benders daily. Accidents 
didn't make the news unless someone was injured or more than four cars 
were involved.

The answer: They took down all the signs, covered all the markings on 
the streets and replaced it all with 7 BIG yellow and black signs: 
"Warning Uncontrolled intersection Inter at your own risk".  Traffic 
flowed smoothly through this major downtown intersection. Driver's heads 
were on swivels looking out for other drivers. Reportable accidents fell 
to less than one a week.

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