Tear Down the Traffic Lights!

Karen De Coster posts "an interesting video of an intersection (a) in Auckland during a power outage with no traffic lights and (b) the next day, after the traffic lights were restored" showing "the smooth flow of traffic during a power outage and the resulting spontaneous order, as compared to the traffic backups with the lights working" — Anarcho-Roads.

[My 2007 article on the subject — Anarchy, or Spontaneous Order, on the Streets of Saigon.]