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is likely to imagine fuoat the new pedestrian crossing regulations, which come into tiorce on July, 1st, can be anything but a very minor contribu- e"---if a contribution at all—to road safety. It may satisfy °Metal mind that all the yellow globes at the mouths of the esLessings must now be illuminated and flashing (but those on „Lt:eet refuges still need not be) and that the ' no-man's-land' Zukvv. to be laid down at the approach to a crossing, in and vehicles may not park, will at least let the pedestrian forking to motorist get a view of each other. But the-pedestrian, foning to cross a busy road in safety, will still need to search a crossing (possibly passing route over several unmarked itu:td junctions at his peril), and, having found it, to decide tYPe (tight-controlled, police-controlled, police-deserted, or lo_e,ontrolled), and then either wait to be signalled across or 124 for a ' usable ' gap in the traffic. The motorist, for olstpart, 1111 still need to make a quick tactical appreciation „ ..ne situation as he approaches each crossing, and scan the jo7ement to assess the psychology and intentions of any hitterers (meanwhile taking his attention off the traffic around !n). There isa po int where education in road safety and eh_ administrative aluter mistrative adjustments are no longer an effective Will not save sing accident rate. Gadgets and Gobbledygook t save lives.
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