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Hazards like park benches will be removed in drunk-friendly streets Scientists have decided that redesigning streets to make them more user-friendly for drunks could help reduce conflict and violence. After using computer simulations based on the Welsh to mimic the movements of people staggering home after a good night out, researchers came to the staggering realisation that drunk people trip over things. Scientists went on to the streets of Cardiff to get information about drunken behaviour they could feed into their computer model,. breathalysing locals and studying their behaviour. A quarter of the individuals encountered were found to be so drunk they were staggering. Simulations were then run showing crowds in various states of inebriation trying to pass through a narrow alleyway to three different destinations. When a... [read full story]
