EN EL MUNCIPIO INGLÉS DE EALING, cerca de Londres, van a hacer un experimento para mejorar el tráfico: apagar los semáforos durante seis meses. Y es que resulta que se dieron cuenta de que un día que estaban estropeados, la circulación era más fluida y segura que nunca:

Ealing Council believes that, far from improving the flow of traffic, lights cause delays and may even increase road danger. Drivers race towards green lights to make it across before they turn red. Confidence that they have right of way lulls them into a false sense of security, meaning that they fail to anticipate hazards coming from the side. The council hopes that drivers will learn to co-operate, crossing junctions on a first-come first-served basis rather than obeying robotic signals that have no sense of where people are waiting.

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