News, Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents. (Germany, best, drivers)

[JD59]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A town council in Germany has decided the best way of improving road safety is to remove all traffic lights and stop signs downtown.

From September 12, all traffic controls will disappear from the center of the western town of Bohmte to try to reduce accidents and make life easier for pedestrians.

In an area used by 13,500 cars every day, drivers and pedestrians will enjoy equal right of way, Klaus Goedejohann, the town's mayor, told Reuters.

"Traffic will no longer be dominant," he said.

Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents - Yahoo! News (broken link)

[happynoodleboycey]

Something tells me this won't turn out quite as well as they hoped.

[Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?]

Can't imagine it would work in the US, at least not in NY state. Drivers here can't even negotiate a traffic circle / round-about.

[groove1]

Originally Posted by Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?

Can't imagine it would work in the US, at least not in NY state. Drivers here can't even negotiate a traffic circle / round-about.

They can't do it in NC either where peope seem to enjoy watching people drive in circles....

[wankel7]

When I was in Finland for the week...no stop signs. It was the weirdest thing driving around but oddly enough it worked just fine.

But hella weird :P

[Marodi]

Originally Posted by John1960

BERLIN (Reuters) - A town council in Germany has decided the best way of improving road safety is to remove all traffic lights and stop signs downtown.

From September 12, all traffic controls will disappear from the center of the western town of Bohmte to try to reduce accidents and make life easier for pedestrians.

In an area used by 13,500 cars every day, drivers and pedestrians will enjoy equal right of way, Klaus Goedejohann, the town's mayor, told Reuters.

"Traffic will no longer be dominant," he said.

Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents - Yahoo! News (broken link)

Lets hope no one from greece or italy drives there. Good god I was scared for my life in greece. I'm an agressive driver here... but DAMN!