Seems a perfectly reasonable recommendation to me - with the added bonus of reducing your grudge and making you feel better disposed towards the world and your fellow travellers!
I recommend that all the exhaust fumes created at stop lights be pumped into the offices of the state DOT. Either they'd clean up the mess they've made, or they'll suffocate. Either way, the rest of society wins.
I recommend that all the exhaust fumes created at stop lights be pumped into the offices of the state DOT. Either they'd clean up the mess they've made, or they'll suffocate. Either way, the rest of society wins.
In Huston Texas a study was made about the possible effects of traffic cameras on increased accidents. It was concluded that more accidents occur at intersections where cameras are installed. Increase of 33% and higher, if I remember right. So what does our governments do all over the USA. They start installing MORE traffic cameras! It's the increase in city government revenue that they see and nothing else!
It's not just traffic lights, speed bumps cause delays in emergency services which really does lead to deaths, and more importantly causes a ridiculous amount of damage to vehicles
...road tax contributes towards building further pseudo-safety contraptions that encourage people to abide the rules as opposed to actively using judgement imposed by people who assumes humans actively aim to kill eachother to get were they're going faster (as seen by the types of questions in the theory test)
Wonderful video & the studies that you have done are not a surprise. What is a surprise is that it is SO HARD to get the bureacracy to see it, accept it, change it. There are 2 many panels, too many further studies, no one in charge that dares to say yes. Political BS. How do we get thru that? I lived in Boston for 2 yrs, every one there was courteous and I never saw an accident. I came back to live in a western state & congestion and accidents galore. It was opposite of what you would expect.
Thanks for your comment. Yes, policymakers & traffic engineers have been ruling our lives for too long, failing in their duty to our time, health, quality of life and the planet. I've been pushing at the Berlin wall of the traffic control dictatorship for a decade. They are paying lip service, but still preside over an unfit system and find reasons for inaction. And they miss the wider context. Give me two years in a meaningful position! See cause on Facebook, Roads FiT for People.
It seems the majority of collisions I respond to as a firefighter are at lighted intersections. I believe most are caused by drivers racing or pushing the red light.
I'm unconvinced that removing all lights would be a workable solution. Fewer lights would be nice. Perhaps someone will develop 'smart lights' that sense approaching traffic and pedestrians and are capable of making logical decisions.
@green6866 It depends on what you mean by a "workable solution". If workable means beneficial for city revenue and people who depend on that revenue, then obviously things are workable now.
But why would fewer lights be nice? What methodology are you using to determine where lights should and should not go?
Good idea in some places maybe but i'd like to see a few decent randomised control trials.
I'm worried about irrationality, there are a lot of common examples from developing country's of chaos that you appear to have totally ignored
compared to 1998 there roughly 18000/yr less injuries and 1000/yr less deaths on our roads, maybe this makes traffic a bit worse but I think its worth it
@worldofwarcraftpinoy care to explain?? maybe in manila or any other heavily populated ciities around the world. that would constitute to a mere 1-5% maybe of the total number of cities with a great deal number of cars
Bravo, good video. and an even better experiment. i have suggestion for more roadway improvement: one way streets. my logic is this. the more "variables" on the road, the more probability there is that something can or will go wrong. so applied to two-way streets, a driver has to worry not only about the others along side him/her, but he/she must also worry about the people turning in front of or speeding pass him. with one way streets, you eliminate the latter---and that's one less variable.
This is a great idea, in theory. However, I don't this would ever work in America where motorists aren't required to pay attention to the road or are overly aggressive.
Thanks for your comment, which I've only just seen. The word must be getting round a bit, because the number of views has gone up to over 1000, and Part 2 is showing over 11000 views.
Can you give me some original data sets confirming that polar bears are running out of ice? The University of Illinois is the main source of world ice calculations.
@puniks2112 YES YES YES YES YES. Traffic lights are 150+ year old technology and their time for retirement to something better is clearly at hand. It is a waste of public resources for a highly valuable resource (ie an intersection) to sit idle, for any amount of time. With the advent of motion detection and computers a much smarter networked light could be had, if anything at all is needed. If a direction is stopped and no motion is occurring in the opposing direction then the light can change
Sometimes I think that, there are so many traffic lights, because government wants us to use more petrol, what is followed by bigger tax revenue for the state
Great video. I live in downtown Los Angeles and I ride a bicycle. I go when it's safe, not when a light tells me it's safe. I have all too often see that looking at the traffic lights only is a one way ticket to your grave. And the worst of it is, traffic lights encourage drivers with dangerously large vehicles to go at speeds that can kill people through dense urban environments.
I do not think this would work on all junctions by any means but lights should not be the default option.
inlineschool 9 months ago
it seems that traffic regulations are just another set of ineffective government regulations
goPistons06 1 year ago
Seems a perfectly reasonable recommendation to me - with the added bonus of reducing your grudge and making you feel better disposed towards the world and your fellow travellers!
mjcassini 1 year ago 2
I recommend that all the exhaust fumes created at stop lights be pumped into the offices of the state DOT. Either they'd clean up the mess they've made, or they'll suffocate. Either way, the rest of society wins.
GeezerWithaGrudge 1 year ago
I recommend that all the exhaust fumes created at stop lights be pumped into the offices of the state DOT. Either they'd clean up the mess they've made, or they'll suffocate. Either way, the rest of society wins.
GeezerWithaGrudge 1 year ago
DMarksmanLima21 - yes, the self-serving system perpetuates the vicious circle (and the divide between Them and Us).
cyberpsygen7 - precisely, formal traffic control turns us into negligent automatons
mjcassini 1 year ago
In Huston Texas a study was made about the possible effects of traffic cameras on increased accidents. It was concluded that more accidents occur at intersections where cameras are installed. Increase of 33% and higher, if I remember right. So what does our governments do all over the USA. They start installing MORE traffic cameras! It's the increase in city government revenue that they see and nothing else!
DMarksmanLima21 1 year ago
i think the green light makes me go through intersections without paying any kind of attention to what might be in the way.
cyberpsygen7 1 year ago
furyofbongos - If my failed efforts to get successive governments to wise up and take action are anything to go by, you could be right
mjcassini 1 year ago
Government has no interest or incentive to solve problems, they are only interested in exercising and increasing their coercive power.
furyofbongos 1 year ago
It is a beautiful thing that free people can get along and cooperate much better than they do under state coercion. Thanks for posting.
carcabe 1 year ago 2
@carcabe
Thanks for your comments
Martin (Cassini)
mjcassini 1 year ago
It's not just traffic lights, speed bumps cause delays in emergency services which really does lead to deaths, and more importantly causes a ridiculous amount of damage to vehicles
...road tax contributes towards building further pseudo-safety contraptions that encourage people to abide the rules as opposed to actively using judgement imposed by people who assumes humans actively aim to kill eachother to get were they're going faster (as seen by the types of questions in the theory test)
busessuck1 1 year ago
such a Classical Liberal inspiration! all from England too! such a good video.
laurencepak 1 year ago 2
Wonderful video & the studies that you have done are not a surprise. What is a surprise is that it is SO HARD to get the bureacracy to see it, accept it, change it. There are 2 many panels, too many further studies, no one in charge that dares to say yes. Political BS. How do we get thru that? I lived in Boston for 2 yrs, every one there was courteous and I never saw an accident. I came back to live in a western state & congestion and accidents galore. It was opposite of what you would expect.
law53ut 1 year ago 2
@law53ut
Thanks for your comment. Yes, policymakers & traffic engineers have been ruling our lives for too long, failing in their duty to our time, health, quality of life and the planet. I've been pushing at the Berlin wall of the traffic control dictatorship for a decade. They are paying lip service, but still preside over an unfit system and find reasons for inaction. And they miss the wider context. Give me two years in a meaningful position! See cause on Facebook, Roads FiT for People.
mjcassini 1 year ago
It seems the majority of collisions I respond to as a firefighter are at lighted intersections. I believe most are caused by drivers racing or pushing the red light.
I'm unconvinced that removing all lights would be a workable solution. Fewer lights would be nice. Perhaps someone will develop 'smart lights' that sense approaching traffic and pedestrians and are capable of making logical decisions.
green6866 1 year ago
@green6866 It depends on what you mean by a "workable solution". If workable means beneficial for city revenue and people who depend on that revenue, then obviously things are workable now.
But why would fewer lights be nice? What methodology are you using to determine where lights should and should not go?
andrewh817 1 year ago
p.s. have you been to Cairo recently? 7000 road deaths/yr in Egypt...
mcjhn 1 year ago
Good idea in some places maybe but i'd like to see a few decent randomised control trials.
I'm worried about irrationality, there are a lot of common examples from developing country's of chaos that you appear to have totally ignored
compared to 1998 there roughly 18000/yr less injuries and 1000/yr less deaths on our roads, maybe this makes traffic a bit worse but I think its worth it
mcjhn 1 year ago
This will never work in the Philippines.
worldofwarcraftpinoy 1 year ago
@worldofwarcraftpinoy care to explain?? maybe in manila or any other heavily populated ciities around the world. that would constitute to a mere 1-5% maybe of the total number of cities with a great deal number of cars
aimthailaxu 1 year ago
@aimthailaxu just search youtube for 'cairo traffic'
mcjhn 1 year ago
Bravo, good video. and an even better experiment. i have suggestion for more roadway improvement: one way streets. my logic is this. the more "variables" on the road, the more probability there is that something can or will go wrong. so applied to two-way streets, a driver has to worry not only about the others along side him/her, but he/she must also worry about the people turning in front of or speeding pass him. with one way streets, you eliminate the latter---and that's one less variable.
catobear1704 1 year ago
Brilliant. Thank you so much for this video.
0rthogonal 1 year ago
Lots of great points being made. I'd love to see more debate about this
TechnoDanDotCom 1 year ago
This is a great idea, in theory. However, I don't this would ever work in America where motorists aren't required to pay attention to the road or are overly aggressive.
hannas1234 1 year ago
Superb. 5*'s .
But why only 294 views ?
puniks2112 1 year ago
@puniks2112
Thanks for your comment, which I've only just seen. The word must be getting round a bit, because the number of views has gone up to over 1000, and Part 2 is showing over 11000 views.
mjcassini 1 year ago
@mjcassini
Can you give me some original data sets confirming that polar bears are running out of ice? The University of Illinois is the main source of world ice calculations.
SadegoGG 1 year ago
@puniks2112 YES YES YES YES YES. Traffic lights are 150+ year old technology and their time for retirement to something better is clearly at hand. It is a waste of public resources for a highly valuable resource (ie an intersection) to sit idle, for any amount of time. With the advent of motion detection and computers a much smarter networked light could be had, if anything at all is needed. If a direction is stopped and no motion is occurring in the opposing direction then the light can change
masterpangloss 1 year ago
Sometimes I think that, there are so many traffic lights, because government wants us to use more petrol, what is followed by bigger tax revenue for the state
danielzopola 1 year ago
Great video. I live in downtown Los Angeles and I ride a bicycle. I go when it's safe, not when a light tells me it's safe. I have all too often see that looking at the traffic lights only is a one way ticket to your grave. And the worst of it is, traffic lights encourage drivers with dangerously large vehicles to go at speeds that can kill people through dense urban environments.
DENJCA29 1 year ago
@DENJCA29
Thanks for your comment. I've just uploaded Part 2, which has footage of a no-lights trial I got off the ground in Portishead, near Bristol.
mjcassini 1 year ago