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- DisposableRob, on 10/12/2007, -6/+41Yeah, let me see that situation when 75% of the traffic isn't scooters moving at 20 mph.
- drawkbox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38If they tried that here there would be a pile of SUVs, bodies and spent bullets.
- ascott9, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Hah, I don't know about "no problems" but it's still funny to see. Thats the most unorganized dangerous thing I have ever seen. No way that would ever fly anywhere else. Sorry to say, but having our city's install traffic lights and having laws is a good thing, not a bad thing
- drawkbox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24its called frogger
- abstraxion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20This is amazing! People didn't crash into each other during a three minute video of light-to-moderate traffic that consisted mostly of scooters going 15mph! Surely this means Americans are stupid for having traffic lights... right guyz?
- Negyxo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Holy *****. Go to about 25% in, there is a woman on the bottom right corner.. she gets squeezed between a car and a motorcyle, and then just moves on casually.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Nice title!
http://digg.com/technology/_Amazing_,_digg_,_revealed_:_Top_422_digg.com_attention_grabbing_words - falcon1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12clokwise, are you kidding? You think we cant find Australia, or Thailand? Did you watch the video? Did you see how many near misses there were? If you are calling America ignorant for having traffic laws, then you might as well go ahead and accuse every other country with traffic lights/laws.
I'm perfectly happy in "the machine", as you put it. Ever think that maybe leaving at 19 and skipping college might render you unable to fairly make accusations about the status and workings of The States?
Oh yea, I will take my 50 bucks in cash or check - your call. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10When I was in india the law (I really think it is a law) is: biggest vehicle has the right of way, always.
- abstraxion, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16You're right, India isn't more primitive than anyone, what with their "untouchable" caste system and absolutely no social help for the millions of starving people in their biggest cities.
- nk231, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12This can make it a good video game
- buss, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Have you ever been in a city without any electricity to work traffic lights? After the intense hurricanes of 2005 in south florida, we were without working traffic lights for about a week. Traffic DOES NOT FLOW SMOOTHLY. It was a huge mess and it led to a few fatal accidents. Traffic lights are an absolute necessity.
Also, whats to say that this is the case for all intersections in India? In America we also have turn lanes that don't have traffic lights but that is certainly not the case for the majority of intersections. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8u should come watch the streets in Egypt .. it's similar
- TwoSlick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"Nobody got hit or was even significantly delayed. Smooth. No problems."
Yes... In a 3 minute video... I'd like to see the other 23 hours and 57 minutes. I'd bet money, there's at least a few accidents per day in that intersection. - CaptRR, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13drawkbox, soooo, your trying to tell me it would be like las angeles?
- dominowrecker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7lol I love how many people here think that this system "works"
do you honestly think that there isnt an insane amount of accidents from intersections like that?
you watch FIVE minutes of any given day, and you believe "yeah..thats the way to go...look no one even got hurt!"
Believe me if they had the funding and resources, they would have lights just like here. Why? cause YOU NEED THEM. Now I know how advertisers can sell a product from a 30 second commercial....people believe everything they see, no matter what the context. WOW! - adamcrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If you're wondering about all the honking, in places like India they actually want you to honk. They paint it all over their trucks. http://flickr.com/photos/36933536@N00/115977145/
- mctk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10On a busier, faster street, a traffic signal is the safest most efficient way to control traffic.
- breakneckridge, on 10/12/2007, -13/+18This video proves nothing.
With out knowing the rate of accidents there you can't say from a few minutes of video that their traffic system works fine without lights. Without clear rules as to who has the right of way, when the inevitable accident does happen, a driver could be totally in the wrong and cause an accident that totals your car and then not have to suffer any consequences because there are no enforced rules to who has the right of way. Plus, this is a city street and the uncontrolled flow of traffic has all but eliminated pedestrian traffic there.
I could go on and on, but lets be real here, having no enforced traffic rules would really suck overall. - adamcrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I lived in Nepal for about 4 months and I can honestly tell you that this is not at all unusual. The driving there is INSANE!
And what's even more crazy is that somehow they can fix virtually any mechanical problem with a hammer :) - sspooner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I've been to india on many occasions and I can tell you this is not typical. Delhi has awful traffic, people seem to do just as they please. It's a horrific mess. Just like L.A.
- vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Looks like FOX has a new reality show on it's hands.
- TheJash, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I've been there. It isnt safe. People get hit, things die.
This is retarded. (No, I didnt watch the video) - shooby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4this is when traffic is light in india people....
driving around in india is a BITCH
and honking is a rule of life...people tend to honk ALL THE TIME...no matter what the situation is. It seems that people do it for the hell of it.
this is how most traffic works in india anyways
it's commonplace people =) - hashkaran, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This is just the pedestrians, two wheeler, three wheeler, and four wheeler traffic.
If you add the four legged animals to the mix that would be something.. - isewise, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7How did this story end up in the "mods" category, that's what I want to know, or even better how did this make the front page.
- sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The only reason this works in India is because if you get caught you can offer a bribe (Baksheesh) to the police and get off scott-free. There are actually road laws, the fact that everyone infrindges them though means that they can't actually book anyone for driving like a lunatic (unless the police want to make a quick buck.)
Also, in India, the speeds people drive are far inferior to those in the west. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4When I went to the Philippines traffic is like this too. People there can drive inches from oncoming vehicles and it won't be brought up at the dinner table. It's just the norm there. When I drove down there, a double honk means, in a nice way, I'm gonna pass you and U-turns can be made from the the outside lane. There are few traffic lights there but that's usually where all the congestion is. I brought some of those habits back here in the states. I forget people curse you out and follow you home if you honk at them or cut them off here.
- majorbabu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4yep its pretty bad in those parts of the world alright. apparentely its the worst in iran. there was a segment on top gear about it a while ago that quoted iran as having the highest accident rate in the world.
pedestrians over there are advised to walk in groups to avoid getting run over. - mtrip, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6That isn't some traffic utopia we should try and emulate; that is a freaking nightmare. I would be terrified if I found myself driving in that, or even trying to cross the street. People must die in droves over there in traffic related accidents.
- aggieandrew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4umm, I really don't get it. There are plenty of intersections like that in my town without lights.
But yeah, 60% of drivers were are ***** when they drive, and not as many people ride bikes. Put all those scooter-drivers in SUVs and you don't got the same situation. - matt0ne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4There was actually an article in Wired a number of months ago about a junction (intersection) in holland where they got rid of all road markings, sidewalks, lights, signs etc. All we had left was a fountain in the middle of the road, and a suggestion of a round-about.
http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html?pg=1&topic=traffic&topic_set=
The theory behind it is that people drive less carefully when they are inundated with "controlling" elements such as signs and lights - they tend to depend on those signs and neglect to observe the conditions of the road. Apparently, without signs drivers must, by default, be more cautious and feel out the road. They must become more aware of what is going on around them, paying heed to traffic from multiple directions and hence drive more carefully, reducing accidents, rather then multiplying them.
That's how I feel about STOP signs here in the states, and don't get me going about 4-way stops - roundabouts are the way to go. - philomatic, on 02/08/2009, -4/+7Yeah because that's really a much better system than having traffic lights, signs and laws...
- dominowrecker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3well in that case I suggest you read up on how many deaths there are in India due to traffic accidents. (I believe its still number 1 in the world)
And for the other poster...I saw the video, and from watching it there is not a doubt in my mind that it does NOT work. - phileplanet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why do these cool stories get buried all the time?
- kshag, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Their stupid horns. Not willing to slow down. Bunching up together. this is way too funny.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why is this so special? It's not even an intersection, people. It's just a T bone with a turn against traffic.
I've never seen one of those with a light or a cop directing traffic over here in the USA. It's like a left turn against traffic. BFD. - cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Two minutes and we just saw 4 or 5 near misses, closely calculated and slow moving but still very close near misses. Watch the same intersection for two years and see if it still appears safe. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is dangerous but a tiny snippet of video showing no wrecks is being taken as proof that it is safe. Talk about an overly small sample size. Geeze...
- lukes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6i've seen the traffic lights go out in my city a number of times, and people switch very easily to following the road rules around who gets right of way at intersections. the traffic does flow smoothly, and if anything, it cuts down the traffic jams because there's little time lost waiting during light changes.
the drawback is of course, for the increase in efficiency comes an increase in the danger of an accident occuring, which is why we really need traffic lights.
traffic at the intersection in the video was flowing very quickly, but india also has one of they highest mortality rates on their roads. - dominowrecker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4well just cause you are used to it...does not mean that its ok.
what you may think is "not that many accidents" is probably more than they should have.
We have intersections here without lights as well.....when people die, guess what the first thing they do is?
yep put a damn light up. why? cause it works. - sleepless, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That doesn't look bad at all. You should what happens in Taiwan when they even have traffic lights no one "really" obeys them.
- dominowrecker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5could you explain to me how a 5 minute video shows how "it works" in India?
- timbudtwo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4about 1/3 the way in, watch the right hand side, a pedestrian gets cought between a scooter and a car and doesnt even get phased.
- phileplanet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Check out the Digg Spy; this story's getting reported like mad.
- jefffm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this isn't exactly the best solution... but traffic circles work pretty well and they're kinda the same concept (no lights, just a circle thing)...
maybe we should just hurry up with the damn hydrogen-powered 100% automated cars...
wasn't there a digg somewhere of some pbs series on automated cars with optical sensors and stuff? - johndi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can see where you are coming from, but if you take the time to read the article you'll find out it is quite a bit different than the chaos in the video.
His ideas are showing up in many countries including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the US. - hashkaran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this story had 230 diggs and 85 comments in 3 hours and suddenly it's off the front page, can't figure why?
- CaptRR, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4hehe, I was just thinking the same thing.
- johndi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"No street signs. No crosswalks. No accidents. Surprise: Making driving seem more dangerous could make it safer."
Everything you think you know about traffic safety is wrong. Check out this article on how one man is
making things safer in Holland. There are making similar changes in Florida.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html - johndi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Most of them get submitted wrong, for example this one isn't a mod. I doubt that's why this one got buried.
In this case I think it's too many people with closed minds who can't imagine a different way than they are used to could possibly be valid. That kind of driving only works where people pay attention and they want to fiddle with their Ipods and Cellphones. It also doesn't work as well with Americans because we are notorious for forcing the right of way if traffic. I'm right damn it! Hell no I won't yield sort of thing and many are willing to die for being "right" -
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