[TCUG] Re: american ped phases idea
- From: "Richard Berry" <richardwberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:41:57 +0100
Peter
Like you I'm a firm believer in giving people sensible choices (through
information provision) and letting them be responsible for their own well
being. However ...... we will always have to provide for the disability
issues of visually impaired etc. and in addition the current education
statistics would suggest that half the kids leaving school today can't count
UP to 10 let alone backwards.
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> I think the American count down for the remaining green man is a
> brilliant idea for exactly the reason A l a n=E1 S h a i l e s put
> forward. We are almost all capable of knowing our own capabilities and
> assess how long it would take to cross the road. The only problem I can
> see is would people still perceive this as a 'start to cross' indicator
> as it is followed by a clearance period, or not beginning to cross if
> they thought they could not make it before the timer expired - assuming
> that Red/Amber would appear to traffic at that instant?
>
> Overall, I believe showing time information to peds is much safer than
> to drivers, there will be the temptation for some motorists to beat the
> clock.
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> Peter Jones
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