Thread: Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong
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Old June 22nd 04, 04:14 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Default Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:16:12 +0000 (UTC) someone who may be
(Chris Malcolm) wrote this:-

Velvet writes:

Builders shouldn't wear hard hats, cos, obviously, they'll take less
care than if they do.

It is correct that they take less care.

That'll save lots of lives, oh yes.

However, that does not necessarily follow. Risk compensation is a
subtle thing.

The secret to a successful safety measure, given risk compensation, is
that it should be better than it seems to be.

Agreed.


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