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I don’t know how serious in terms of safety this really is, but I live opposite a primary school, and the number of children being transported to school by car certainly causes inconvenience. Particularly annoying is the total disrespect for parking restrictions shown by many parents (most unable to park the right way round, never mind anything else) and parents who sit for up to half-an-hour with their engines running. Mention it, and one is faced with a torrent of abuse. I doubt whether promises or pledges will have any effect on the hard core, or the cohort who are always late, and I think the next step, locally, will be:
I know that doesn’t answer the question …
Andrew
Karen,
I hope you’ll excuse me for banging on about this, but there’s oodles of research on the matters you list. None of it would matter a great deal if we could only change the mindset of governments who are taking the worst possible route to Intelligent Speed Assistance – leaving it to the market. Intelligent Speed Assistance has been with us for years now (look up Oliver Carsten’s & Leeds University’s work), but only Transport for London has adopted ISA for its buses.
As I understand it, however, from 2022, all new vehicles will be fitted with a (to my mind second rate) form of ISA which involves traffic sign recognition, rather than a GPS/digital map system. But the cost of doing nothing earlier must be huge, and is probably calculable, although no-one appears to want to know.
As far as changing behaviour is concerned, this nearly impossible task might have been achieved if governments had adopted graduated driver licensing (GDL), rather than sitting back and allowing school based pre-driver training-type “initiatives” to go ahead (guaranteed to increase casualty numbers).
I wonder whether you might be better aiming your campaign at government complacency, rather than the all-too-human driver.
Kind regards,
Andrew.
Nigel,
Although I’ve retired from paid employment, I would still be interested to know how you handled the traffic signs around an unlit roundabout.
I came across one in Clackmannanshire during a power cut one night, and couldn’t read any of the chevron type signs on the splitter islands.
I’ve always thought that route confirmatory signs placed on the left of each exit would be more appropriate at all roundabouts, for several reasons, amongst which is giving road users a better chance of being able to read them in time in unlit situations.
So, what did you do?Regards,
Andrew.
Hello, Tim.
My original post seems to have disappeared, but I think I suggested that you contact: mark.a.elliott@strath.ac.uk as he has had some experience in using an MRBQ.
Amongst his work is:
Andrew.
Hello, Ryan.
I suggest that you contact the Institution of Lighting Engineers, who have done some work on this:
https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=450640
Andrew.
Ivor,
TRL may have the answer for you, if they can find the page!
https://trl.co.uk/reports/TRL313
In my experience chicanes can contribute to accidents, but overall, far fewer than before.
If only the governments would get on with implementing the GPS version of ISA, new wouldn’t need these things, or humps, or speed cameras … (yes, that’s the sound of grinding axes you hear).
Best wishes,
Andrew
Hello, Ryan.
I have twice tried to reply to you, so this is my last effort!
If you Google (e.g.) – digital billboards jerry wachtel sweden – you’ll find a wealth of info on the topic. Jerry Wachtel has spent many years on it, but it’s very difficult actually to prove what we might instinctively feel.
Andrew.
Dear Margaret,
This may be of interest:
https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/suppl_2/ii3
Personally, I think Graduated driver Licensing has more going for it, but our governments do not appear to be interested in it, nor of that other really effective measure …
Dear Andy,
Perhaps the overall effect is articulated here:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4849554/Cute-creepy-Child-bollards-improve-road-safety.html
I wonder what effect your Cabinet Member seeks to achieve. What exactly is the problem? I live opposite a primary school and the only problems I can see won’t be solved by the installation of weird sculptures.
Perhaps Iver District Council or Buckinghamshire can report on their effect on road safety … although I can’t see how distraction will improve it.
Andrew.
