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A typical engineering solution would be to add road signs, road markings, anti-skid surfacing, a crash barrier, and a 40 MPH speed limit
Yet vehicles continue to speed and to crash here
So, let's use a human-centred analysis, instead, to consider why drivers don't reduce their speed enough at this bend
A major factor in this case is the line of trees adjacent to the road. Drivers approaching the bend might assume that the road continues to follow these trees after the bend. Therefore they maintain their current speed and by the time they realise the road doesn't the follow the trees it could be too late to brake |