Does High-Tech Highway Design Make us Less Safe?
by
Don Fick
November 8, 2009
When it comes to planning highways and roads, greater convenience does not necessarily mean fewer accidents. Perceived advances in safety—wider, straighter roadways and more electronic traffic signals—may make drivers too comfortable.
Does High-Tech Highway Design Make us Less Safe?
Published in the April 2009 issue of Popular Mechanics
An article discussing Tom Vanderbilt's new book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us).
Also, a good reference to the Peltzmann Effect.