Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road

[danbrotherston]

I’m sick and tired of Dan always blaming engineers for everything without knowing all the circumstances surrounding a particular situation. The first couple of times I drove through there after it was first complete, I made the same mistake. Once I figured it out, I came to realize that it was a brilliant design for that particular situation. Yes the lines are incorrect but don’t fault the design.

"The lines are incorrect but don't fault the design"....that statement is...um...self contradictory, the lines are part of the design.

I fault the engineers when there is fault to put on them.  In this case, the double lines signify the lane ends, but it doesn't...that's an error, both, by the book, and by behaviour, as we see in this thread.

But it's also reasonable to fault them when the design fails to be used correctly most or much of the time, even if it's "by the book".

If you think I'm being too harsh on engineers, I'd suggest you read the book The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, it's a great book, and looks at why design is so important.