Wudi@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoLocal news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefullycdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1videoLocal news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefullycdn.imgchest.comWudi@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTo be honest those gray small concrete blocks with funny useless poles in them are really a bad road UI design. Not visible enough and too small to be effective anyway… So while the complaints are stupid, they have a point: make those road blockers bigger and more visible. Maybe more signage as well…
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoMy sneaking suspicion is that they make things like these or medians almost invisible on purpose to piss people off and make the situation worse, so that they can then point to the idea of “safer road design” as a failure and go back to the old way.
To be honest those gray small concrete blocks with funny useless poles in them are really a bad road UI design.
Not visible enough and too small to be effective anyway…
So while the complaints are stupid, they have a point: make those road blockers bigger and more visible. Maybe more signage as well…
My sneaking suspicion is that they make things like these or medians almost invisible on purpose to piss people off and make the situation worse, so that they can then point to the idea of “safer road design” as a failure and go back to the old way.