[lbo-talk] Naked streets

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Feb 3 13:31:50 PST 2005


Alex quoted:
> Published Sunday, January 16, 2005, in the Toronto Star
>
> "Naked streets": Sounds crazy but might just work
>
> Entire towns in Europe have no traffic lights or signs, and they've
> never been safer

That may work in Europe, but I doubt it would work here. In Netherlands, Belgium or Germany, a pedestrian can walk on the road confident that the traffic would stop. Here, you cannot be sure even if you cross at a green light. People are too much sold to the idea of me-individualism here.

Wojtek



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