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Could you imagine the chaos in america?
Jun 26^th, 2008 at 9:57am

A town in Germany removed all the traffic signals and signs and as a result it reduced accidents.

Very interesting concept, funny how sometimes when people are left to make their own decisions they actually make the right ones.

I could just imagine how this would fly in the USA... The lawyers would have a feeding frenzy.

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Brew Ex Member	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #1 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 10:12am It's called CYA.
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Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america?
Reply #2 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 10:47am

Good timing. There is an article on this in The Atlantic about this very thing....this month, I think, by a guy who spends time in England and says that it works there and other places.

I thought of this the other day in parking lots where it takes all day to read signs and elsewhere. Dozens of signs at intersections and the countless speed warnings at places that road crews no longer exist are not much of a problem over there.

We have a bizarre idea that signs everywhere about everything will insure perfection regarding everything we do. It ain't so.

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Brew Ex Member	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #3 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 10:55am Sign Sign everywhere a sign Blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
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Agostino Leyre CH.com Sponsor Offline "Hit like a phillips head into my brain." Posts: 3803 Madison WI USA Gender:	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 11:17am That would only work if the majority of American people had the power of deductive reasoning and critical thinking. Sadly it would be a disaster here.
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Mosaicwench CH.com Sponsor Offline www.mosaicwench.com Posts: 3507 Near Milwaukee WI, USA Gender:	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #5 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 12:46pm To know what to do at any given intersection, one has to be paying attention to traffic rather than eating, talking on the cell, texting a message or playing with your children while driving . . . . .
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Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america?
Reply #6 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 2:02pm

This would not work in America at all.

The reason why we have so many signs is because dumb asses sue the city. If someone walks out in traffic without looking and gets killed, they sue the city because there was no sign that said there might be danger if you walk out into the street without looking.

It's just like coffee cups. Someone spilled coffee on themself and sued, so now coffee cups have to spcifically say that coffee is hot.

Someone picked up their lawn mower and got their fingers chopped off, so now lawn mowers have a sticker on them that say not to stick your fingers in the blade.

As a population, we do not have any collective sense or reasoning. This would never work here in America.

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Brew Ex Member	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 2:41pm The solution, if you can afford it, is to move to where there are no signs. I like B$'s Carlin quote in his tagline: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half the population is stupider than that."
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thebbz Ex Member	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #8 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 2:45pm You can fix traffic lights, you cant fix stupid. thebb
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stevegeebe CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1687 Mandeville, LA Gender:	Re: Could you imagine the chaos in america? Reply #9 - Jun 26^th, 2008 at 7:54pm Thomas, you have crystallized my thoughts on this matter. Steve G
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