Erik Wedberg: watch out for the dangerous crossing

in the Last year have died and fewer and fewer of the Swedish traffic than in any year since the surveys began in 1935, but it now seems to have decided to go for a reversal of the upward trend. No other explanation I can come when I have to stand there at the crosswalk, with the rättshaveristmössan on. Get ready to be the hallway to cross the road, only to realize that the Volvo, which comes at quite a high speed, is not going to stop and let go of me. I am still in the stage, and throwing an angry look towards the Volvo. Why, does it not?

Crosswalk is the one with the so-called halvbevakat beautiful, with the white lines on the road, and mr. Gårman-sign, but with the crucial difference that it also has a traffic light. When the traffic light is turned off, it functions as a completely unguarded pedestrian crossing, the cars have an obligation to let go of the walk. As a pedestrian, it is also possible to press the button, then the cars are red and the pedestrian is green.

It is this sort of crossing points are not entirely new, but it is becoming increasingly common and will lead to accidents in between the soft foot and the hard cars. One type of accident that tends to be more serious.

According to a traffic police is to improve the flow of traffic by giving pedestrians the option to cross without stopping traffic completely to a red light.

I'd like to think that the Swedish transport administration says it well. It is believed that both the pedestrian and driver safety services. However, it is halvbevakade the zebra crossing is a dangerous hybrid, which will lead to confusion, because not many people know how it works out. This favours, at the crossing point makes no one happy.

for more information, see the Shovel, which helped the students to cross the street.