Road maze stumps drivers in French village
In the village of Bauné, drivers confronted a series of crisscrossed white road lines at a main intersection this month, which the mayor argues has made them slow down.
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That's a terrible solution to the problem. It will only work a short time on locals before they just ignore it. And in the mean time is a huge safety issue because drivers will focus on the lines and are more likely to miss pedestrians or even oncoming traffic.
The worst part about this is the already have a much better solution in the picture. Add more of these tree/plant boxes to the road. It will narrow down the road and force drivers to slow down.
It would still cause some issues with visibility but if you space the trees out enough and add some clearly marked pedestrian crossings that shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Absolutely. It's like they did zero research before deciding to do this, like not even a few minutes of googling. Making cars slow down on a non-highway is a solved problem. We know how to do it already, no need to do wacky experiments. It's called "traffic calming", and you can read all about it online.
It's a small village in France. The mayor got wasted on pastis and wine with his buddy Jean-Paul that owns a construction company one night, and they had this brilliant idea. Small French villages can get weird especially ones in very rural areas.
Not only to narrow the road, but to shift the axis left and right. This also helps to slow traffic.
