09-02-2017, 09:59 PM
(09-02-2017, 05:51 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: @Markster That's in addition to all the other safety features a sidewalk has (boulevard and option of jumping out of the path of the car) that the island doesn't have.
And for a bit of perspective, the distance you showed there is about 50 meters, or about 2 seconds into a text message at 70 km/h.
I should say that while I agree that the island should be wider, a proper consideration of the safety of the island also takes into account the smaller time that a person spends on the island vs. on the sidewalk. Not that it meets standard, but it's slightly less terrible than from just considering its width.