@AestheticsInMotion said in One of the worst new traffic control devices I've come across:
So I take issue with the idea that the only possible solution is with revoking privileges for everyone. There are countless options on the table, from initial driver training, reoccurring training, to greater prosecution of drivers at fault (finally a use for cameras that people might be okay with?), to roadway designs that inherently reduce the issues. Best option is probably to combine many solutions, and in some cases—sure—removing rights at certain intersections is likely correct. But there's a very real cost to that method, even if it is "easier" on the front end at least.
One of the things the drove me nuts when visiting Quebec City was the smaller intersection traffic lights. If I remember correctly the pedestrian crossing is independent of the vehicle crossing and there is also no rights on reds.
As a pedestrian there was only enough time to cross the road once before the light changed to vehicle traffic, if you had to cross twice it felt like an eternity.
Vehicle traffic likewise had to wait for peds, then possibly wait for the other traffic direction.
Sure it's safer but the whole thing felt like their intersections took 3x longer and let 1/3 of the vehicles go for vehicle traffic, and took 5X longer for pedestrian traffic crossings.