communication, and traffic
Just saw the most interesting story on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” Mo Rocca did a piece about how in some parts of Europe all traffic signs are being removed. For example, at a typical four way stop intersection the signs are removed and the intersection is replaced with a traffic circle without signage of any kind. According to the story, accidents not only fell, but were eliminated entirely. This effect was attributed to drivers increased communication and their inability to use the signage as a sort of offload of there own responsibility to think, not simply trust the signs. i.e. there’s a stop sign there, so that driver must be going to stop, I won’t even look…
How interesting this is. I wonder if there are implications here for user interface. I’m gonna have to think about this one.
