Urban planners in the UK are suggesting drivers use advanced neuroscience technologies to prevent road accidents: their brains. Roadsides are being stripped of clutter to prevent motorists from distraction, while encouraging them to use common sense when negotiating the mean streets. Signs, they say, can provide a psychological safety net, causing drivers to disengage from their own instincts — without signs, they will naturally exercise greater caution and restraint. At the very least, they'll have more time to read billboards. [Thanks RF.]
Planners say markings make drivers less responsible [Pistonheads]
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