Colbert resigns and traffic lights abandoned

Steve Colbert resigns in (video link) disgusted response to the American Public's appalling desertion of the Republican party. Then he gets into his car and is inspired by his driver to get back into the fight "The Democrats have only been in power for a few minutes and they've already got us stuck in this unwinnable war!" Here's another contribution to an argument I've heard before, which is basically that if you make motorists feel more vulnerable they will drive more carefully. There's a dutch traffic planner who says that getting rid of traffic lights has made his town safer. An older Wired article about this here.