Again, I think I'm probably not being clear anough here for you to be able to see the awesomeness of my plan :-)<br><br>In my vision, there would be the same amount of space on roadways as there is now, so there would be no more traffic congestion than there is now. In fact, it would be very likely that there would be far less congestion, since traffic would be able to flow at a more natural pace. Yes, people would still be stopping or slowing down for other traffic and cross-traffic, but people would only need to do this where there was actual traffic, rather than being artificially forced to stop at arbitrary intersections for an arbitrary amount of time at red lights and stop signs, even when there is no cross-traffic. In other words, traffic would flow when it could, not when some computer or law said it could flow. (Which is what I meant when I said that my self-regulating laws would be better than the one-size-fits-all laws that we have now.)
<br><br>The only significant differences in my visionary plan would be that the different modes of through-travel would be integrated (rather than segregated), no one would be legally discriminated against (for choosing a sustainable form of transportation like walking, biking, skateboarding, etc.), and everyone would be very clear about what their rights and responsibilities were in sharing the road.
<br><br>(And just to clarify, the sightlines would be as good or better than they are now.)<br><br>And, obviously, my plan would solve your problems with feeling discriminated against, since harassing a cyclist would be a clear violation of my law #1 (covered by the "don't harm anyone else" bit...)
<br><br>I also agree that the UVC is better than most of Mass traffic laws, but I still say that the UVC laws are unnecessarily complicated and fairly discriminatory, making it less likely that people will follow them.<br>
<br>-Turtle<br><br>