It's pretty typical for people in big cities to think theirs is the only world that exists. It's pretty easy to prohibit right on red when it's unsafe.
In most cases, the real issue (in North America) is having cars, pedestrians and cyclists all get right of way simultaneously on a green. Cars are turning but pedestrians and cyclists are coming up the side with priority. Have separate lights (not that cyclists would respect them).
I say in North America because e.g. in France, most stuff is just based on common understanding of rules (priority on roundabouts, priority to the right) and everyone gets on fine.
How is right-on-red more dangerous than turning right at a (regular, not 4-way) stop sign? Is it also time for a nationwide ban on trains, since people die by getting pushed onto subway tracks?
I agree with your sentiment and that banning stuff is stupid. Lights in general are more dangerous because they abdicate responsibility, and people who drive in north america often seem to do so on auto-pilot, only following the signals without observing anything around them and assuming the lights will do the job for them.
In places with fewer traffic lights and more rules or customs about priority, you actually have to pay attention while driving, so people drive better and more safely.
You need blinker laws (i cycle every day pullig my son on a bafang rearwheel i built myself on a ti frame).
I am next to the passenger door of a right on red turnig vehicle and there is plenty of communication and observance going on... yet leaving from the other side of the street can become an issue if i dont know the driver is turning Right in from of me. So a blinker is needed and Often not used because they may be in a turn only lane and not think its needed.
Im not saying to be like minnesotans and use a blinker while on a exit ramp but yeah.
Another issue is dark tint. It really ought be where,,, if you have it you have a special permit so you are trained to Look: safety on the road stems from eye contact and obsevance.
Turning cars dont look both ways on a one way yet bicycles and pedestrians travel two ways on a one way.
Fast Company is selling you all short. Listen to me.
The DC Maryland & Virginia (DMV) has seen a lot of intersections add car-standoffs, flimsy barriers that keep cars far away from the curb.
Drivers used to cut so hard to the right, which reduced buffer zone versus pedestrians so much. Almost all the road was for cars. It's been such a huge improvement putting up some flimsy barriers to say: stop cutting right corners!
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 46.7 ms ] threadIn most cases, the real issue (in North America) is having cars, pedestrians and cyclists all get right of way simultaneously on a green. Cars are turning but pedestrians and cyclists are coming up the side with priority. Have separate lights (not that cyclists would respect them).
I say in North America because e.g. in France, most stuff is just based on common understanding of rules (priority on roundabouts, priority to the right) and everyone gets on fine.
In places with fewer traffic lights and more rules or customs about priority, you actually have to pay attention while driving, so people drive better and more safely.
You need blinker laws (i cycle every day pullig my son on a bafang rearwheel i built myself on a ti frame).
I am next to the passenger door of a right on red turnig vehicle and there is plenty of communication and observance going on... yet leaving from the other side of the street can become an issue if i dont know the driver is turning Right in from of me. So a blinker is needed and Often not used because they may be in a turn only lane and not think its needed.
Im not saying to be like minnesotans and use a blinker while on a exit ramp but yeah.
Another issue is dark tint. It really ought be where,,, if you have it you have a special permit so you are trained to Look: safety on the road stems from eye contact and obsevance.
Turning cars dont look both ways on a one way yet bicycles and pedestrians travel two ways on a one way.
Fast Company is selling you all short. Listen to me.
Drivers used to cut so hard to the right, which reduced buffer zone versus pedestrians so much. Almost all the road was for cars. It's been such a huge improvement putting up some flimsy barriers to say: stop cutting right corners!