Rush Hour with No Traffic Lights: Spontaneous Order in Action
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Uploaded by seanwmalone on Oct 14, 2011
How often do you get to witness spontaneous order happen right before your eyes?
As I was walking home from the Silver Spring, MD metro station, I got to the intersection of East-West Highway and Colesville road and noticed something odd.The crosswalk signs were out, as were all of the stoplights.
At rush hour, this is a very busy intersection, and for a moment it seemed potentially dangerous to pedestrians like myself as well as to drivers... But as I stood there on the corner, I got to watch what happens when people are allowed to think for themselves... For about 10 minutes, I stood and watched (and filmed with my cellphone) as cars and pedestrians entered the busy intersection and simply paid careful attention to what they were doing.
No car hit any other, no pedestrians were injured, no roadway was blocked and everyone was able to get through the intersection in a reasonable amount of time. No one even had to honk. People made eye contact, communicated peacefully and politely, and without a single police officer to direct traffic, they directed themselves safely and efficiently.
This is what free people can do if given a chance.
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All Comments (6)
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It's true. There is a sightly higher increase of smaller collisions, ones that lead to no more than small dents. Fatal collisions and wreaks fall dramatically. Especially if other steps are taken like removing lane markers. People people are more cautious and don't rely on a false sense of security.
The only problem is that the state can't use these as a method of fundraising. Hard to nail people for running stop lights if there's no lights. So no government wants to do it. :(
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Some places in Europe removed their traffic lights and the number of accidents declined. :)
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I get the main point and entirely agree.
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Clearly no New Yorkers or Los Angelenos, or Pakistanis, were involved in the production of this film....
OverbrainUnplugged 4 months ago
@OverbrainUnplugged Nope. Only DC drivers... Who, in my estimation (having lived for extended periods of time in BOTH New York City & Los Angeles), are generally WORSE than the drivers in those cities.
seanwmalone 4 months ago