A recent study I read (I think in the US, but can't remember) has shown that accidents are greatly reduced, traffic flow improved and fewer instances of road rage experienced when ALL traffic control devices (street signs, traffic lights, lane markings etc) are removed. Drivers behaved responsibly to get the most effective road use. Apparently the reason it works is that if you treat drivers like idiots, they behave that way: treat them as thinking adults and they behave responsibly. So don't replace all the signs, just remove them.....
Gives you a warm fuzzy feeling? I guess not, unless you are incontinent! But it does make cars a bit cheaper to build if the speedo can be delivered with just one configuration, and ditto for the manuals. Now, if only we could do something about that silly little thing of driving on the wrong side of the road (well, the right side actually, but you know what I mean) things would be much easier when I come visit. Heaven forbid that WE should change!!!
Testosterone is a good reason. I love testosterone. =20 At my age, I wish I had a lot more of it. And an even better reason is that my old fella is a lot bigger in cm than in inches. But then, in our metric system, I'm not allowed to use cm - I have to use mm, so it doesn't matter what system we use, the bureaucracy will do their best to stuff it up bigtime. :-(
--=20 Regards, Peter Wilkins