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Right of way in car traffic is now decided trough mortal combat. How do you perceive this will affect everyday life? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by webghost0101@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There's some areas in the Netherlands and Germany where they removed all signage, traffic lights and sidewalks to create an open, shared traffic area where all participants need to be careful, alert, and communicate with each other to determine right of way and avoid accidents.
The idea was to create uncertainty about who gets to go first and force drivers to slow down.
It reduced the number of accidents and injuries.

Somehow I think this wouldn't work in the US.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We have this in my town. Ambiguous zones. The idea is it creates confusion, and slows traffic. However, in my state, pedestrians have right of way on ALL roads. So the car simply slows. Mostly.

[–] ChickenBumMcSplatter@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

I live in Washington, and people just walk into the road as if it was nothing. People be like "pedestrians have the right away", but they forget that the rule of tonnage still applies.