bettybarcode: Weird mental leap on my part, but maybe people get this unshakable belief in the power of signs to end unwanted behavior from traffic engineers

Weird mental leap on my part, but maybe people get this unshakable belief in the power of signs to end unwanted behavior from traffic engineers

OTOH, if traffic engineers really believed in the power of signs, they wouldn't bother locking up their offices at the end of the day. They could just hang "No Trespassing" signs on the doorknobs.

Next time your traffic engineers insist that yet another sign will fix it, ask them if a No Trespassing sign will protect their offices.

I was visiting my mom recently; her neighborhood is full of roads designed to kill people and the verges are full of signs uselessly exhorting drivers to slow down. Drove me crazy. The delusion that (other) people will just do exactly what they are told is sooo pervasive.

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