It’s always easy to say people don’t make mistakes but the reality is they do. They will drive the speed the road is designed for. They will lose focus. They will be distracted. Similarly road maintenance will be skipped or delayed and there will be times with no paint on the road or missing signs.
We can’t afford to build roads for people’s ideal behavior but need to account for their actual behavior, and need roads work safely despite human failures.
A clear line of sight makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. A straight approach makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. A dirty windshield or excessive headlight glare makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. An unfamiliar road or a couple seconds of inattentiveness is all it takes before they figure it out too late. Meanwhile something as cheap and simple as shrubs interrupts their line of sight from way back to alert them that something is different
I still think there’s a contributing factor that the road builders did not plant shrubs. There needs to be a clearer interruption in the line of sight
Plus why is the entry straight ahead? It should more clearly turn to funnel the car into the right direction
you should drive slower
It’s always easy to say people don’t make mistakes but the reality is they do. They will drive the speed the road is designed for. They will lose focus. They will be distracted. Similarly road maintenance will be skipped or delayed and there will be times with no paint on the road or missing signs.
We can’t afford to build roads for people’s ideal behavior but need to account for their actual behavior, and need roads work safely despite human failures.
A clear line of sight makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. A straight approach makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. A dirty windshield or excessive headlight glare makes it look like there’s no reason they can’t go straight ahead. An unfamiliar road or a couple seconds of inattentiveness is all it takes before they figure it out too late. Meanwhile something as cheap and simple as shrubs interrupts their line of sight from way back to alert them that something is different
there are signs