Very interesting article Lisa.	From my time in Germany, I noticed that 
their roads are also much narrower, and they have fewer traffic lights and 
stop signs.  In fact, there are many intersections without stop signs, 
where the rule is "right before left", so people just slow down a bit and 
pay attention.	Their roads also tend to be curvier.  And from my friends 
from Germany who have driven here, they often say that driving is more 
stressful in Germany.  I think that is because they pay more attention to 
what is going on, because they have to.  I certainly feel safer riding a 
bike on the road there than here, because drivers are used to looking out 
for bikers, whereas they are not here.


Interestingly enough, my dad complains about how people in 
his neighborhood don't stop at stop signs, but the fact of the matter is, 
why should we have to stop, if there is not inherent danger?  It just 
wastes gas.

Rob
-- 
Robert Felty http://www-personal.umich.edu/~robfelty

"Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all."


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Lisa Hsu wrote:

> This is an article about rethinking road design....it's not political,
> but it's about improving safety for cars, bikes, and pedestrians
> alike.
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> lisa
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ake4 Æ duke.edu  
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:53:25 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: interesting
> To: Pae Wu  , kana.yamaguchi Æ duke.edu,
> tom.petersen Æ duke.edu, Lisa Hsu  
>
>
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html
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