Killing fields - roads governed by priority

[Martin Cassini]

Below is a classic (appalling) case of closing the stable door. A signal-controlled junction in East Boldon near Sunderland has claimed another life (12 personal injury "accidents" in the last decade). Instead of removing the source of the danger - traffic lights based on directional priority - now they want red-light cameras. Accidents like these are not accidents. They are events contrived by the misguided rules and design of the road. The real culprits are traffic managers and policymakers who engineer killing-fields where people have to compete for gaps and green time. Remove priority, and you remove the "need" for lights and the need for speed, enabling everyone to approach carefully and filter sociably. See http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.com/latest-news/Blackspot-set-to-get-safety.6059666.jp