454. Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished?

454.红绿灯应该废除吗?

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2021-03-11

44 分钟
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Americans are so accustomed to the standard intersection that we rarely consider how dangerous it can be — as well as costly, time-wasting, and polluting. Is it time to embrace the lowly, lovely roundabout?

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  • Yes, I'm a member of the Dole Men's Club.

  • Let me make sure I'm understanding you correctly.

  • It's called the dull Men's Club.

  • Yes.

  • Dull as in boring.

  • Yeah.

  • Doll is the new black.

  • It's sexy being dull.

  • Women like doll men.

  • They know we're not going to run off with Lady Gaga or something.

  • Yeah, understood.

  • We're very reliable.

  • Exactly.

  • That is Kevin Beresford.

  • In addition to the Dull men's club, he belongs to another group that might sound dull.

  • I'm the president of the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society, also known as Lord of the Rings.

  • That's my official title.

  • A roundabout, if you don't know, is a small circular traffic intersection, typically with one lane.

  • There is no traffic light or stop sign, more likely a yield sign, at each entry and exit.

  • The traffic therefore flows continuously, if slowly, around a center island.