| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guess what will come next? | |
| Posted by: | Anthony Waller | |
| Date/Time: | 30/06/12 09:42:00 |
| Specialaist and professional drivers are trained to expect the unexpected, and not to be distracted. But we have an awful lot of poor drivers and driving standards to contend with as well. Road planners and designers try to factor this in and in the main get it right. But it is not possible to always eliminate hazards and potential danger situations. Sometimes they get it wrong. The left turn into Ealing Road from Brentford High St is now really dodgy for pedestrians so most with common sense cross the road further up a bit as they have a clear easy view of whats coming. The A4 and M4 carries a higher proportion of non-local and foreign traffic than most, and we already know about dangers to cyclists and LHD trucks. It cannot have escaped anyones notice that locally there are a lot of really rubbish drivers , who don't look and are easily distracted. I can't see this changing overnight so the next best option is to make the roads as safe and easy to use for the most unable of drivers, which seems to be the case. It is why we do not have a plethora of Las Vegas style hoardings lining the road and why we have a strict uniform signage system. On fast roads and dangerous roads, distractions have been kept to a minimum and it must work as we still have a better accident rate than most other countries despite falling driving standards. I believe that although this is not the main reason for my objection to having adverts on buildings, the existing ones do cause distraction, but anything that may catch a drivers eye at a critical point should be eradicated if possible not installed. It is pure prudent common sense, nothing to do with rules, regulations and so on. How councillors cannot see that is beyond me. And with the other arguments, completely irresponsible to this towns populus |