> I read somewhere that if you put more road safety features in, people feel 
> safer and so take more risks, resulting in the same level of safety as 
> before. And now I read this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space
>
> Apparently the idea is that because it looks more dangerous, people pay 
> more attention.

Jeremy Clarkson once said that he wanted there to be a big spike on your 
steering wheel rather than an airbag.

> Call me cynical, but I can't help feeling it's only a matter of time 
> before some twat driving a Subaru Impreza comes along and starts trying to 
> drive like it's a rally circuit... :-P

Well why not, if he can see there's nobody else about and he's not going to 
harm anyone else - isn't that the whole point?

It should be illegal to drive in a dangerous manner, not to fall foul of 
some arbitrary rule someone has made up, but then that would mean actual 
police needed rather than machines ;-)  For example, I can overtake a police 
car at 80mph in pouring rain within a few metres of the car infront of me 
and that's apparently fine.  Yet if I drive the same road at 5am when it's 
completely empty and I can see for 4 miles, I get fined for going 90mph. 
How is that teaching me to drive safely?

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