He Xixonés Mobility Observatory takes a position against the installation of traffic lights in the areas with the highest accident rate, and is committed to reducing the speed of motorized traffic, “because the probability of serious injuries or death increase exponentially with increasing speed“. “This speed reduction is even more important in places where cars and motorcycles intersect with pedestrians and cyclists, such as intersections and U-turns,” the entity points out, which gives Olso as an example of zero deaths due to run overs. and Helsinki.
“It is more effective to create incentives and consequences to limit human errors than to wait for possible sanctions to correct them. For example, uncomfortable speed bumps at high speeds, platforms at the height of the sidewalk, which also improve accessibility, chicanes and other measures that work much better than a fine to reduce speed. All this without having to stop the traffic of vehicles and people arbitrarily like a traffic light does” they point out in the OXM.
“Also the reduction of the distance between sidewalks, these being comfortable, without street furniture and containers that reduce good visibility over traffic, also facilitates the mobility of all pedestrians, who in the end are all citizens. The traffic light is like a band-aid, which can demonstrate that something has been done to respond to the incident. But let’s not count on it to permanently reduce speeds,” the Observatory states.
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