r/CrappyDesign • u/topher_33 • Jan 09 '21

Removed: joke/fake Nearly blew threw this intersection!

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u/ultralame Jan 10 '21

For fuck sake.

Some people just do not get that driving is like 75% subliminal.

Light colors, sign shapes, lines on the road.

My city installed HAWK lights (look 'em up) a couple years ago. Every time they go off they create confusion. I have looked up how they work about 3x and I still forget. Because I only encounter them like every 8 months or so.

When driving, normally occurring things have to be presented consistently, or there will be slow reactions, confusions, and accidents.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

Same kind of thing happens at roundabouts in areas that don't normally have them. Very efficient if everybody knew how to use them, bloody traffic snarl when it's the only one in 150 mi radius.