Spontaneous order on the road
Marginal Revolution: Spontaneous order on the road
Here’s a video of a small town in Britain that turned its traffic lights off. Order ensued.
Cell Phone Use While Driving
National Security Council calls for nationwide bans on cell phone use while driving
The National Security Council sent out a message on Monday that calls for all 50 States to implement bans on citizens using cell phones while driving. The group referred to a study done by the Harvard Center of Risk Analysis, which revealed that 6% of all automobile crashes in the U.S. are caused by cell phones.
And they mean any cellphone use: includes headsets… (((maybe even email and IM?)))
6% of all crashes, about 40,000 traffic deaths per year – does that mean that 2,400 people die every year because somebody had to be distracted by their mobile?
In 2006 I wrote:
I get the sense that in a few years either a chip in each car will prevent a phone from identifying itself to a cell-tower while the car is moving – thus the phone won’t work – or a person applying for a driver’s license will have to master a multi-tasking test in addition to the other tests…
