A study by Newcastle University suggests that removing kerbs might actually make driving safer because they believe that hazards can actually increase drivers’ attention to the road.
So far so good.
But the idea is then spoiled by one of the researchers who said: ‘In towns we may need to start considering some radical schemes such as removing kerbs so there are more hazards - like pedestrians - around your car. Our research suggests that this might actually improve people’s driving.’
You read that right. Put a few more pedestrians around to improve road safety!
And we pay people to come up with crackpot ideas like that?
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So far so good.
But the idea is then spoiled by one of the researchers who said: ‘In towns we may need to start considering some radical schemes such as removing kerbs so there are more hazards - like pedestrians - around your car. Our research suggests that this might actually improve people’s driving.’
You read that right. Put a few more pedestrians around to improve road safety!
And we pay people to come up with crackpot ideas like that?
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