Question 8808 — road safety

Summary

The safety of pedestrians crossing roads is a major road safety issue. In 2017, 484 pedestrians were killed, 67% of them in urban areas. 90% of pedestrians killed were on the roadway at the time of the accident and 26% of them were on a pedestrian crossing. This is why the interministerial road safety committee of January 9, 2018 announced the implementation of several measures for pedestrian safety. So, since the September 18, 2018, offenses related to non-compliance with pedestrian priority can be noted by video-verbalization and are punishable by a withdrawal of 6 points from the license instead of 4 previously. Since January 9, 2019, road managers have also been able to materialize a pedestrian crossing effect line to indicate where vehicles must stop to let pedestrians cross. There Regulations on road signs do not impose an obligation to install traffic lights at intersections. This decision is taken by the authority holding traffic police power. Within the urban area, this is the mayor or the president of the public intermunicipal cooperation establishment. Many intersections do not have lights and operate with traffic signals. give way, a stop signal or with the priority rule on the right. The installation of lights at intersections makes it possible to organize vehicle traffic, manage conflicts between different vehicle flows, pedestrian/vehicle conflicts at intersections and facilitate pedestrian crossing. Thus, when vehicle traffic is significant, the safety of pedestrians crossing the road risks being compromised. compromised, the insertion of vehicles into traffic or the carrying out of certain turning movements becomes complicated and can lead to the formation of congestion. The implementation of management by fires is then the most suitable solution and it is common for this to be coordinated at the scale of several intersections. The strong development of the car in town since the 1960s has been accompanied by the implementation there are numerous traffic light intersections. To respond to the issues of air pollution and road safety, communities have implemented measures for several years to limit the number of vehicles in town and limit speed. Under these conditions, communities are questioning the usefulness of certain traffic light intersections and some are experimenting with removing certain traffic lights. To date, tests carried out in several cities have not shown an increase in accident rates but not all tests have been conclusive. While certain removals of lights have proven to be conclusive, tending to reduce the speed used by users, others, however, have degraded traffic flow and pedestrian crossing conditions and have received negative feedback. This is why it is essential that the decision to eliminate fires is taken in consultation. with residents and user associations and is subject to an evaluation, in order to ensure that the most vulnerable users, in particular elderly pedestrians or pedestrians with reduced mobility, children and the visually impaired or blind, can still cross the tracks in complete safety without having to make major detours.

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