08-31-2017, 10:43 PM
If you are at a crosswalk, waiting to cross (exactly like you would be on the island) you will be exactly the same distance from the traffic lanes. And even if there is a 1m boulevard separating you from the traffic, consider that even at 50 km/h a car will be traveling approximately 14 m/s. That's fourteen metres in one second, or a 1m boulevard in 0.07 second, much less time than it takes you to blink an eye.
Quite a long time ago, I did motor racing photography. This was from the trackside, but safety is extremely important at race tracks, and they will not let you stand somewhere separated from the track just by 1m -- or even 20m -- of grass, even at a low-speed section. It simply offers no substantial safety. Armco barriers, concrete barriers, yes, but not grass. Or even a single concrete bollard. E = mv^2, and a moving car has a lot of energy.
My point is simply that standing at the curb or on a sidewalk is not substantially safer than standing on an island.
This island is too narrow, there would have been room to make it wider, and it really isn't necessary to invent any additional fantastic claims to make that true.
Anyway, I expect that I have said more than enough on this topic. Enjoy.
Quite a long time ago, I did motor racing photography. This was from the trackside, but safety is extremely important at race tracks, and they will not let you stand somewhere separated from the track just by 1m -- or even 20m -- of grass, even at a low-speed section. It simply offers no substantial safety. Armco barriers, concrete barriers, yes, but not grass. Or even a single concrete bollard. E = mv^2, and a moving car has a lot of energy.
My point is simply that standing at the curb or on a sidewalk is not substantially safer than standing on an island.
This island is too narrow, there would have been room to make it wider, and it really isn't necessary to invent any additional fantastic claims to make that true.
Anyway, I expect that I have said more than enough on this topic. Enjoy.