http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/04/01/bustle-in-your-hedgerows/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 May 2012 19:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/04/01/bustle-in-your-hedgerows/#comment-10759 Jeremy Cronin Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:11:42 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=779#comment-10759 This is very interesting. I had a similar hedge dilemma. My front garden is next to a pavement, which is often used by bicycles and scooters to shorten their way around two intersections on the road, and it corners on to the road. One day a kid on a scooter whizzed through the path and on to the street, intending to continue straight on along the other street, but hit a car that was coming along the street. I realised that if the bushes in my garden had been trimmed back, maybe the rider/driver would have seen each other 1 second earlier, and managed to avoid the collision. On the other hand, if the rider was stupid enough to whizz through the path in to the street when he knowingly has no good view of the street, then he probably deserves what's coming. I cut back the bushes in the end. For the majority of drivers, perhaps indeed a full bush would be a reason for them to slow down and be more careful, but then, the majority of drivers would not be going along that path in the first place, would they? So maybe I've saved another 16 year old kid from a future visit to the ER. This is very interesting.
I had a similar hedge dilemma. My front garden is next to a pavement, which is often used by bicycles and scooters to shorten their way around two intersections on the road, and it corners on to the road.
One day a kid on a scooter whizzed through the path and on to the street, intending to continue straight on along the other street, but hit a car that was coming along the street.
I realised that if the bushes in my garden had been trimmed back, maybe the rider/driver would have seen each other 1 second earlier, and managed to avoid the collision.
On the other hand, if the rider was stupid enough to whizz through the path in to the street when he knowingly has no good view of the street, then he probably deserves what’s coming.
I cut back the bushes in the end.
For the majority of drivers, perhaps indeed a full bush would be a reason for them to slow down and be more careful, but then, the majority of drivers would not be going along that path in the first place, would they?
So maybe I’ve saved another 16 year old kid from a future visit to the ER.

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