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While accidents are plausible, I think the police markings lowered the likelihood of accidents.
CarloSW2
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How old are you? I get the impression you may not have been old enough to have been driving in the 1970's if you don't remember it.
Another example involving safety and traffic flow was the toll booths that existed every 20 miles or so on I-95 and on certain parkways here in NY and Connecticut. It impeded the flow of traffic tremendously. People had to juggle spare change while driving to pay the tolls. After numerous, serious accidents they finally removed all the tool booths to reduce the accident rate. And yes, they did admit that was the reason for doing away with the tolls.
But I wouldn't expect you to know that either, since you don't live in this vicinity.