May I have a word… about mobile phone numpties | Jonathan Bouquet

Are we seriously thinking of putting red lights on kerbs to tell ‘zombies’ to stop at junctions? Pass me my cudgel

“If we are thinking about injury prevention and the dominant ‘safe system’ approach used within road safety, there is actually a strong case for redesigning infrastructure over relying on other methods of changing behaviour.”

So says Shaun Helman, chief transportation scientist at the Transport Research Laboratory. But what particular problem could he be addressing? Cyclists taking their lives in their hands every time they mount their bikes? Drivers who sit in the middle lane of motorways, steadfastly going no quicker or slower than 50mph, thereby causing other drivers to tear their hair out?

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