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Scrap traffic signals to improve urban traffic flow says think-tank

05 January 2007
 

Traffic would flow better in cities if many traffic signals were removed and motorists took their own judgements on who has right of way, a new report published by the right-leaning think-tank the Institute for Economic Affairs has claimed.

Martin Cassini says traffic signals distract drivers; encourage tailgating; cause motorists to 'rush' to avoid a red light; cause needless delay when traffic is held at red lights when nobody is using the green phase; unnecessarily increase exhaust...

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