Reply With QuoteLast time I saw UK stats for pedestrian deaths which was a few years ago now over 50% were marked down as people not looking where they were going. Next on the list was alcohol and drugs impaired followed by wearing dark clothing at night
Master
Just make sure you do a good job so there is only one witness-YOU!Originally Posted by 350RRC
Wizard
Last time I saw UK stats for pedestrian deaths which was a few years ago now over 50% were marked down as people not looking where they were going. Next on the list was alcohol and drugs impaired followed by wearing dark clothing at night
ChatterBox
These aren't new, but it's amazing we actually need them at all - pedestrian stoplights -on the GROUND...
Dutch town installs traffic lights on the ground for texting pedestrians - Curbed
Sydney trials in-ground traffic lights to reduce pedestrian deaths - BurkeMead Lawyers
Life is just a series of obstacles preventing you from taking a nap.
OldBushie
You could argue why do we need pedestrian lights at all…
They were a product of making it safer for pedestrians and introduced for similar reasons.
OldBushie
SubscriberWouldn't it be easier to have a transmitter in an existing pedestrian light that can give a warning to a mobile phone, within a set proximity?
'sit bonum tempora volvunt'
Super ModeratorPossible? Perhaps, with a ****-ton of cooperation, coordination and possibly legislative coercion. Easier? Not under any definition of the word I'm aware of.
OldBushie
Personal accountability…..
Super Moderator
A pop up electric fence should focus one's attention.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
Super Moderator... is a thing of the past. "Remember kids, society is to blame".
Wizard
A pedestrian crossing near me has the lights at waist height. Has been there like that for over a decade yet I still look up for the lights. The other crossings around here are all set high up like ‘normal’ just this one that is different
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