11-28-2015, 09:50 AM
You're right, that was pretty lousy. I laughed when I read the line "There is a safety plus to not getting hurt." "Not getting hurt" is just about the definition of being safe. We don't usually measure safety in any other terms besides risk to human beings of injury or death.
I've got my own problems with roundabouts, and would be interested in seeing data about the safety of more vulnerable road users at the roundabouts in the Region. Outhit is wrong when he says that it was hoped that they would reduce overall collisions. Most people with any education about them understand that they do not reduce the instances of collisions, but reduce the impacts of them- which is pretty good, and obviously safer.
I've got my own problems with roundabouts, and would be interested in seeing data about the safety of more vulnerable road users at the roundabouts in the Region. Outhit is wrong when he says that it was hoped that they would reduce overall collisions. Most people with any education about them understand that they do not reduce the instances of collisions, but reduce the impacts of them- which is pretty good, and obviously safer.