<story><title>Removing street signs, lights and arrows increases safety and road capacity</title><url>http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?aid=1234</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>praptak</author><text>I have one doubt about this idea. It might be possible that it only works because such &quot;naked&quot; roads are rare and thus prompt a (temporary) raise in drivers&apos; alertness.&lt;p&gt;Even the article provides a hint in this direction:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;They also found, in surveys, that residents, despite the measurable increase in safety, perceived the place to be more dangerous. This was music to Monderman’s ears. If they had not felt less secure, he said, he “would have changed it immediately.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is possible that once people get used to it, they&apos;ll feel more secure -&amp;#62; less alert -&amp;#62; things&apos;ll go back to normal.</text></comment>
<story><title>Removing street signs, lights and arrows increases safety and road capacity</title><url>http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?aid=1234</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>senki</author><text>Good article, but lacks some pictures.&lt;p&gt;Drachten:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&amp;#38;q=Drachten&amp;#38;oe=utf-8&amp;#38;ie=UTF8&amp;#38;hl=ja&amp;#38;t=h&amp;#38;sll=53.103684,6.109396&amp;#38;sspn=0.001293,0.003422&amp;#38;split=1&amp;#38;rq=1&amp;#38;ev=zi&amp;#38;radius=0.09&amp;#38;hq=Drachten&amp;#38;hnear=&amp;#38;ll=53.103869,6.109041&amp;#38;spn=0.0013,0.003422&amp;#38;z=19&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&amp;#38;q=Drachten&amp;#38;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Makkinga:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&amp;#38;q=Makkinga&amp;#38;oe=utf-8&amp;#38;ie=UTF8&amp;#38;hl=ja&amp;#38;hq=&amp;#38;hnear=%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC,+%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95,+%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88,+%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80&amp;#38;ll=52.97232,6.218066&amp;#38;spn=0.001297,0.003422&amp;#38;t=h&amp;#38;z=19&amp;#38;layer=c&amp;#38;cbll=52.972151,6.21858&amp;#38;panoid=FJjqWFu--jacMvCpGx7ZqQ&amp;#38;cbp=12,2.83,,0,6.41&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&amp;#38;q=Makkinga&amp;#38;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>