{"id":129786,"date":"2016-02-10T07:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/10\/removing-lane-markers-slows-down-drivers.html"},"modified":"2016-02-10T07:46:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:46:43","slug":"removing-lane-markers-slows-down-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/10\/removing-lane-markers-slows-down-drivers.html","title":{"rendered":"Removing lane markers slows down drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting pilot program in the UK here, where newly paved roads in the London area with speed limits below 30mph are not getting lanes repainted. The result has been a significant reduction in driver speed.<\/p>\n<p>I can understand how, lacking lines, drivers would be paying more attention (and driving more slowly), but it still feels sort of counter-intuitive. Though this isn&#39;t an uncommon thing for neighborhood streets, at least in the suburbs I&#39;ve lived in.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+George Wiman<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Break the illusion of safety for more actual safety<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/arstechnica.co.uk\/cars\/2016\/02\/white-center-lines-are-being-removed-from-roads-in-the-ukfor-safety\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/lDNv74qwomhKFVA82oanIISALqvp6yLoZvdc7NT_dxEiKkN4PKv9CA5NITJtXInvYQlBqn6opuJr3pmig0prCNXRH0Hip3D6-Lxk_A3fIOWr4MySgZHyxRDHV0EE5_24xpMUbc2zfcYaCPBMWqb8_krG_QA46HckrDBLf__R=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/arstechnica.co.uk\/cars\/2016\/02\/white-center-lines-are-being-removed-from-roads-in-the-ukfor-safety\/'>White centre lines are being removed from roads in the UK&mdash;for safety | Ars Technica UK<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nA trial began in August 2014 to see if lines made drivers unnecessarily confident.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/9RD2m1qVMgC'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting pilot program in the UK here, where newly paved roads in the London area with speed limits below 30mph are not getting lanes repainted. The result has been a significant reduction in driver speed. I can understand how, lacking lines, drivers would be paying more attention (and driving more slowly), but it still feels &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/10\/removing-lane-markers-slows-down-drivers.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Removing lane markers slows down drivers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9599,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/29\/buckle_up.html","url_meta":{"origin":129786,"position":0},"title":"Buckle Up!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-May-06 6:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst off at Disney World, here's some advice to help keep you safer in the car. 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