12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Bad for Safety and Should Be Replaced (2014)
I highly disagree. This article assumes perfect driving conditions it also suggests that people drive faster with wider lanes -- then the problem is a function of speed limit and not lane width and also assumes that pedestrian safety is somehow affected solely because of lane width. If pedestrians are getting hit by cars one of two things has happened: the pedestrian jaywalked or a driver didn&#x27;t stop when required -- both cases which have nothing to do with lane width.<p>I live in rural France with narrow roads and it&#x27;s incredibly stressful to be driving with nearly no margin of error preventing a head on collision.<p>What about a stalled vehicle on the road? Debris?<p>I get it, the author doesn&#x27;t like cars, but making lanes narrower to improve safety is counterintuitive. if the problem is excessive speed, then traffic enforcement is the problem.<p>This is like reducing the size of your front door to make it harder for thieves to steal your couch.