[yarcob]

When I was in Sweden on vacation, I was surprised that almost all except the most minor roads have a central divider. To allow overtaking, they have 2+1 lanes, and then after a few km they switch to 1+2 lanes (extra lane in the other direction).

This eliminates the most deadly accidents (head on collisions) and makes overtaking completely stress free.

It's a simple intervention that you can do almost anywhere, and it saves lives immediately. You only need to invest a bit in concrete barriers and paint.

I wonder why almost no other country does that.

[bratcomplex]

they set standards for what a street, road, and highway are. and they do not mix them. As a result they are safer, cheaper, and land use has a higher tax revenue.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM

[halikular]

Sweden has the lowest traffic related deaths of any country [1]. There must be something to it, however it's strange how lackluster the government response was to covid in comparison.

Edit: You think our covid restrictions was successful?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero#Outcomes

[breakfastduck]

I imagine you're getting the downvotes because the covid point isn't really relevant to the thread at all.

They're talking about road layouts.

[halikular]

I was making an off topic comment but it was related to the information I gave comparing the wide differences of effort and in turn success of these independent issues. Maybe they weren't interested in that.

[sim_card_map]

yes it was very successful:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/525530/sweden-death-rate...