Street experiment: How many NYC drivers fail to signal when turning?

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Our friend Clarence from Streetfilms has decided to see how many drivers in New York City signal their turns (no need to say that this is important for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers, and that if we want to make our cities friendly to cyclists and pedestrians). He set up his camera at a street corner in Jackson Heights, Queens, and look at 100 cars turning either left or right, noting each time if they did or did not signal. Here's the result:

The solution? Here's Clarence's suggestion:



Makes sense to me. Basic safety laws should be enforced. Otherwise, how can we expect to make cities pedestrian and cyclist-friendly?

Via Streetfilms


Tags: Transportation

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