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2/10/2005
No Signs, No Traffic Controls -- More Safety?Eliminating traffic control devices has reduced accidents in the Netherlands.
What happens when you tear out the traffic signals, throw away the speed limit signs, flatten the speed bumps and toss out the speed cameras? Chaos, right? Wrong.
Traffic consultant David Engwicht suggests that, "once the traffic signs stop indulging drivers, they will slow down, make eye contact with the other road users and everyone will work out how to share the revitalised civic space of the street."
In Europe, this concept is called the "naked street" and it appears to be working. Ch ...
2/10/2005
Arizona Cities, Brought to You By ACSChandler, Arizona begins a unpaid fine collection program. Turns over $7.3 million in speed camera money to ACS.
2/9/2005
DC Camera Ticket Horror StoryA columnist forced to pay a speed camera ticket even though he could prove conclusively he was not the driver.
2/9/2005
How UK Parking Tickets are Used for RevenueParking tickets are a big business in the UK, with outrage growing over the treatment of motorists.
2/8/2005
UK To Loosen Rules to Allow More Speed CamerasThe UK government will reconsider regulations designed to limit speed cameras to locations with a proven accident history.
