Why did the Jordanian cross the street?
Two seconds before I clicked the pic, this sensible citizen was perched on the railing about to get off on the other side, where he landed elegantly on a flushed edge, and as you can see unhooked his bag and crossed the street....to get to the other side, of course!
A few meters behind him down the street - busy Mecca Street/Amman, across from the Social Security building right there in the back, is a pedestrian bridge. A few meters down that, is yet another pedestrian bridge!
So... how does the city develop to include kamikaze-idiots-with-their-common-sense-gene-mutated, and everyone else?
Massive mural perhaps?
3/05/2009
Idiot-proofing the streets
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6 comments:
C'mon you jordanian people, every second counts...
he won't loose 3-4 minutes to reach the bridge...
life isn't for waste !!
Few months back i was near the 7th circle and saw a dog go over the bridge while two men crossed right near the tunnel.
Wish i had a camera on me!
I like the mural idea. Could work with Abu Mahjoub traffic safety illustrations.
Sometimes it feels Jordanians allow stupidity and don't penalize people using the excuse of haram and poverty.This man should be fined or something. As long as people don't pay for their mistakes they will not change and others around them will never learn nor take anything seriously.
It's simple, people don't have enough pedestrian crossing areas. Allow moe pedestrian walking areas, penalize drivers who don't respect it. IF a pedestrian gets killed while not crossing on these areas, don't penalize the driver (the pedestrian would have suffered enough by then )
It's a mix of many factors. One factor is the infrastructure connectivity of the pedestrian network. Another factor is safety education. A third factor is the availability of transportation alternatives. With the current circumstances we have in Jordan and Amman in specific, that bridge and rail helps in developing Safe connectivity with safety messages posted on them to build the awareness and educate the citizens.
Small little changes do help.
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