It Must Be the Water
Sometimes Europeans make sense, and sometimes they don't. And this one of the times they don't: They want to remove all traffic signs.
Too much organization and bureaucracy is bad, but so is anarchy.
"They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren..."
That sounds a little like a tofu eating hippie moonbat reasoning out traffic laws, and expecting total cooperation between drivers. It may work in small town, but big cities, say like LA, you would have a traffic jam the size of Maryland within one hour, and fifty road rage homicides within the first ten minutes. I hate to be told what to do, just like the next guy, but I also am willing to sacrifice a little freedom for being able to safely drive the streets of my city without some fruitcake in a Volvo trying to smash my car because they feel they have the right-of-way.
Ahh, the Europeans, so much history, and so much dementia all crammed in one little continent.
Mr Minority
Are streets without traffic signs conceivable? Seven cities and regions in Europe are giving it a try -- with good results.
"We reject every form of legislation," the Russian aristocrat and "father of anarchism" Mikhail Bakunin once thundered. The czar banished him to Siberia. But now it seems his ideas are being rediscovered.
European traffic planners are dreaming of streets free of rules and directives. They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren -- by means of friendly gestures, nods of the head and eye contact, without the harassment of prohibitions, restrictions and warning signs.
Too much organization and bureaucracy is bad, but so is anarchy.
"They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren..."
That sounds a little like a tofu eating hippie moonbat reasoning out traffic laws, and expecting total cooperation between drivers. It may work in small town, but big cities, say like LA, you would have a traffic jam the size of Maryland within one hour, and fifty road rage homicides within the first ten minutes. I hate to be told what to do, just like the next guy, but I also am willing to sacrifice a little freedom for being able to safely drive the streets of my city without some fruitcake in a Volvo trying to smash my car because they feel they have the right-of-way.
Ahh, the Europeans, so much history, and so much dementia all crammed in one little continent.
Mr Minority
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