Before I loaned a book away today, I checked to see if I had anything between the pages. In the book I found this article that I clipped out of the London Daily Mail when I was in London (4/23/04 – p. 16). This is such high-level knuckleheadeness, it is dizzying.
White Line Blackout on Road
CENTRAL white lines are to be removed on a road in a bid to cut the number of crashes.
Experts in Bath want to test if the lack of markings will make drivers more cautious because the highway will appear more dangerous.
Transport consultant Ben Hamilton-Baillie has been called in to carry out the trial, which could be repeated across the city if it is successful. He said growing ‘clutter’ on Britain’s roads is tending to make drivers abdicate responsibility for their driving.
‘No one has questioned why we have white lines or whether they work,’ he said. ‘They’ve become a habit. The more you introduce rules and regulations, markings, signs, and speed cameras, the less your brain allows you to concentrate on your surroundings.’
Brilliant! Ben talks like he’s 50 but sounds like he’s 5. Hope that worked out for them.
This is how it works in India:
