Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The solution to Highway 1 and Reina Del Mar


There was a PH1A alternatives suggestion of no traffic lights, see how that works.

Driving lucky today
Incredible Things/Brittany High, 4/22/14, "Meet the intersection with no stop lights."


"This is an intersection in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It doesn’t have any stop lights to direct traffic so traffic just… well, I don’t know what you’d call it. They figure it out. Somehow!

Me, on the other hand, man, I’ll just take the bus. Not really by choice, but because I lost my license after I drove through a 7-Eleven. I could have SWORN I was in reverse."  Video, 1:54 minutes, includes music. 

Submitted with headline title by Jim Wagner

Related - CCTV footage "Happen Now 05", 4/22/14.  "Drivers navigate a chaotic intersection with no traffic lights in Ethiopia."  "If you think your commute is bad, try adding Meskel Square to your route. The enormous intersection is located in the center of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has no traffic lights or painted lines. The large intersection sees thousands of vehicles each day and is considered one of most 'chaotic crossroads' in the world. This CCTV footage shows Ethiopian drivers navigating the busy intersection on a normal day."   You tube, 1:41 minutes,  pretty much the same footage as above, no music on this one.

Note:  photograph of Meskel Square, Addis, Ababa, Endo, Ethiopia, from "It's forty two.com, 4/22/14. The video is also posted here and in multiple internet locations.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not one of those pedestrians got hit either. We don't need no crosswalks.

Kathy Meeh said...

505, try the India "no traffic lights" intersections You Tube video, 9:08 minutes. You may "get it" after viewing crashes and near misses for only a few minutes. Otherwise, stay tuned for the entire 9:08 minutes. By then, everyone "gets it".

The Beaver said...

Anarchy! That's the Gang of No's plan. Create the havoc and then kindly come in and save us.
Gee, thanks Wally.

Anonymous said...

It proves the point that humans can self-organize and co-exist without any additional rules to ensure "fairness". Pretty cool.
Also: Worldwide Road Related Fatalities

french driver said...

I drive traffic circles all the time--backwards...!
geez, if only all 30 anti hwy 1 folks would walk to work or take the bus. Problem solved. Ohh, they are retired...

Anonymous said...

It's time for another highway poll to disprove that other poll. Hit the streets!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, you other guys go do that. I'm busy doing nothing with my life.

Hutch said...

Here's a poll.

We have 171 members of our Facebook group Pacificans For Highway One Modernization. my resume

Pacificans for Highway 1 Alternatives has 141 "likes" on their Facebook "page" which has been up 15 months longer than our group.

Anonymous said...

Facebook? Selection bias.