Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns

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I only have three minutes

Imam samo 3 minute

so I'm going to have to talk fast, and it will

zato ću morati pričati brzo, a to će

use up your spare mental cycles, so multitasking may be hard.

opteretiti vaše rezervne mentalne aktivnosti, pa nećete lako moći raditi multitasking.

So, 27 years ago I got a traffic ticket

Prije 27 godina dobio sam kaznu za prometni prekršaj

that got me thinking.

koja me potaknula na razmišljanje.

I've had some time to think it over.

Imao sam neko vrijeme da o tome promislim.

And energy efficiency is more than just

Energetska efikasnost se ne odnosi samo

about the vehicle --

na vozila.

it's also about the road.

Već i na ceste.

Road design makes a difference, particularly intersections,

Dizajn cesta je važan, posebno raskrižja,

of which there are two types: signalized

kojih postoje dvije vrste: sa signalizacijom

and unsignalized, which means stop signs.

i bez signalizacije, što znači da imaju znakove "stop".

Fifty percent of crashes happen at intersections.

50% prometnih nesreća se dogodi na raskrižjima.

Roundabouts are much better.

Kružni tokovi su bitno bolji.

A study of 24 intersections

Studija koja je obuhvatila 24 raskrižja

has found crashes drop 40 percent

je otkrila 40% smanjenje prometnih nesreća

from when you convert a traffic light into a roundabout.

kada se raskrižje sa semaforom pretvori u kružni tok.

Injury crashes have dropped 76 percent,

Sudari s povredama su se smanjili za 76%.

fatal crashes down 90 percent.

Sudari s fatalnim posljedicama su se smanjili za 90%.

But that's just safety.

To su samo podaci o sigurnosti.

What about time and gas?

Što je s vremenom i gorivom?

So, traffic keeps flowing, so that means less braking,

Saobraćaj teče, što zači manje kočenja,

which means less accelerating, less gas and less pollution,

što znači manje ubrzavanja, manje goriva i manje zagađenja,

less time wasted,

manje potrošenog vremena,

and that partly accounts for Europe's better efficiency

i time se djelomično objašnjava razlog zašto je Europa učinkovitija

than we have in the United States.

od onoga što imamo u SAD-u.

So, unsignalized intersections,

Raskrižja bez signalizacije,

meaning stop signs, they save many lives,

znači stop znakovi, mogu spasiti mnogo života,

but there's an excessive proliferation of them.

ali je došlo do njihova prekomjernog širenja.

Small roundabouts are starting to appear.

Pojavljuju se mali kružni tokovi.

This is one in my neighborhood. And they are

Ovaj je u mom susjedstvu. I oni su

much better -- better than traffic lights, better than four-way stop signs.

puno bolji -- bolji od semafora, bolji od četverosmjernih stop znakova.

They're expensive to install,

Skupi su za postavljanje,

but they are more expensive not to. So, we should look at that.

ali još je skuplje ne postaviti ih. Tako bismo na to trebali gledati.

But they are not applicable in all situations.

Ali oni nisu primjenjivi na sve situacije.

So, take, for example, the three-way intersection.

Uzmite, na primjer, raskrižje s tri smjera.

So, it's logical that you'd have one there,

Logično je da imate jedan znak "stop" tamo,

on the minor road entering the major.

na sporednoj cesti koja se križa s glavnom.

But the other two are somewhat questionable.

Ali druga dva znaka su na neki način upitna.

So, here's one. There's another one which I studied.

Evo jednog. Evo još jednog kojeg sam proučavao.

Cars rarely appear on that third road.

Automobili se rijetko pojavljuju na trećoj cesti.

And so, the question is, what does that cost us?

Pitanje je, koliko nas to košta?

That intersection I looked at had about 3,000

To raskrižje koje sam promatrao imalo je oko 3,000

cars per day in each direction,

automobila dnevno u svakom smjeru,

and so that's two ounces of gas to accelerate out of.

to je oko 60 ml goriva kako bi se ubrzalo i prošlo raskrižje.

That's five cents each, and times 3,000 cars per day,

To je po 5 centi svatko i puta 3,000 automobila dnevno,

that's $51,000 per year.

to je 51,000 US$ godišnje.

That's just the gasoline cost. There is also pollution,

I to su samo troškovi goriva. Postoji i zagađenje,

wear on the car, and time.

trošenje automobila i vrijeme.

What's that time worth?

Koliko vrijedi vrijeme?

Well, at 10 seconds per 3,000 cars,

Dakle, po 10 sekundi na 3,000 automobila,

that's 8.3 hours per day. The average wage in the U.S.

to je 8,3 sata dnevno. Prosječna plaća u SAD-u

is $20 an hour. That is 60,000 per year.

je 20 US$ po satu. To je 60,000 US$ godišnje.

Add that together with the gas, and it's $112,000 per year,

Zbrojite to s gorivom, i to je 112,000 US$ godišnje

just for that sign in each direction.

samo za taj znak u svakom smjeru.

Discount that back to the present, at five percent:

Napravimo kamatni račun sa stopom od 5%:

over two million dollars

ispada preko 2 milijuna US$

for a stop sign, in each direction.

za stop znak u svakom smjeru.

Now, if you look at what that adjacent property is worth,

Sada, ako pogledate koliko je vrijedno to susjedno imanje,

you could actually buy the property,

mogli biste ga kupiti,

cut down the shrubbery to improve the sight line,

sasjeći grmlje kako biste povečali preglednost,

and then sell it off again.

i ponovno ga prodati.

And you'd still come out ahead.

I dalje biste bili na dobitku.

So, it makes one wonder, "Why is it there?"

Zato se moramo zapitati, "Zašto je tamo?"

I mean, why is there that stop sign in each direction?

Mislim, zašto postoji znak "stop" u svakom od smjerova?

Because it is saving lives. So, is there a better way to accomplish that goal?

Zato jer spašava živote. Postoji li bolji način da se postigne taj cilj?

The answer is to enable cars

Odgovor je: omogućiti automobilima

to come in from that side road safely.

sa sporedne ceste da sigurno ukljuće u promet.

Because there are a lot of people who might live up there

Ako postoji puno ljudi koji bi mogli tamo živjeti

and if they're waiting forever a long queue could form

i ako oni vječno čekaju u dugačkim redovima

because the cars aren't slowing down on the main road.

jer automobili na glavnoj cesti ne usporavaju.

Can that be accomplished with existing signs?

Može li se to postići s postojećim znakovima?

So, there is a long history of stop signs and yield signs.

Postoji dugačka povijest stop znakova i onih s prvenstvom prolaza.

Stop signs were invented in 1915,

Stop znakovi su izmišljeni 1915.

yield signs in 1950. But that's all we got.

Znakovi s pravom prvenstva 1950. I to je sve što imamo.

So, why not use a yield sign?

Zašto ne bismo koristili trokutaste znakove?

Well the meaning of yield is: You must yield the right-of-way.

Pa, smisao trokutastog znaka jest -- dolazite na cestu s pravom prvenstva.

That means that if there are five cars waiting, you have to wait

To znači ako postoji pet automobila koji čekaju, moraš čekati

till they all go, then you go. It lacks the notion

dok svi ne prođu, i onda si ti na redu. Nedostaje ideja

of alternating, or taking turns,

o smjenjivanju ili naizmjeničnom kretanju.

and it's always on the minor road,

I uvijek na cesti koja je sporedna

allowing the major one to have primacy.

dajući glavnoj pravo prvenstva.

So, it's hard to create a new meaning for the existing sign.

Teško je dati novo značenje postojećem znaku.

You couldn't suddenly tell everyone, "OK, remember

Ne možete odjednom svima reči: "OK, sjećate li se

what you used to do at yield signs? Now do something different."

ono što ste radili na trokutastom znaku? Sada je situacija drugačija."

That would not work.

Tako to neće ići.

So, what the world needs now

Dakle, ono što svijetu treba

is a new type of sign.

jest nova vsta znaka.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

So, you'd have a little instruction below it,

Mogu se staviti i male upute ispod znaka,

you know, for those who didn't see the public service announcements.

znate, za one koji nisu vidjeli javnu obavijest o promjeni.

And it merges the stop sign and yield signs.

Ovaj znak spaja znak "stop" i trokutasti znak.

It's kind of shaped like a T, as in taking turns.

Sliči slovu "T". ("Take turns" - smjenjivanje)

And uncertainty results in caution.

A nesigurnost rezultira oprezom.

When people come to an unfamiliar situation they don't know how to deal with

Kada se ljudi nađu u novoj situaciji s kojom se do tada nisu susreli

they slow down.

oni uspore.

So, now that you are all "Road Scholars" ...

Sada kada ste svi prometno obrazovani...

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

don't wait for that sign to be adopted, these things don't change quickly.

ne čekajte da se novi znak usvoji, te se stvari ne mijenjaju brzo.

But you all are members of communities,

Ali svi ste vi članovi zajednica,

and you can exercise your community influence

i ovime biste mogli ispitati svoj utjecaj na zajednicu

to create more sensible traffic flows.

kako biste osigurali razumniji promet.

And you can have more impact on the environment

I možete imati veći utjecaj na okoliš

just getting your neighborhood to change these things

ako nagovorite svoje susjede da promijenite te stvari

than by changing your vehicle. Thank you very much.

od onoga kada promijenite vozilo. Puno vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)