<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Piskvorrr</author><text>Four crossing points (two with traffic lights, in this case), whereas for a &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; interchange, you&amp;#x27;d get...also four crossing points.&lt;p&gt;diverging diamond: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&amp;#x2F;directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&amp;amp;route=38.81993%2C-77.63737%3B38.81679%2C-77.64198#map=17&amp;#x2F;38.81836&amp;#x2F;-77.63967&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&amp;#x2F;directions?engine=fossgis_osrm...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;cloverleaf: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&amp;#x2F;directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&amp;amp;route=38.74104%2C-77.52235%3B38.74408%2C-77.51356#map=17&amp;#x2F;38.74261&amp;#x2F;-77.51798&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.openstreetmap.org&amp;#x2F;directions?engine=fossgis_osrm...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>hexator</author><text>The article doesn&amp;#x27;t mention the numerous downsides to pedestrians for diverging diamond interchanges. Four crossing points means a lot more conflict points and a lot more chances for death.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Road planners embrace the diverging diamond interchange</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/1243933142/diverging-diamond-interchange-chlewicki</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>notatoad</author><text>I dunno, they seem better to me (from experience actually walking across [1], not just looking at pictures on the internet)&lt;p&gt;The crossing are controlled, distances are relatively short and the cars are only coming from one direction.  It&amp;#x27;s a couple of crossings to get all the way through, but they&amp;#x27;re easy crossings.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&amp;#x2F;6SwfTPrnXkUtTyym8?g_st=ic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&amp;#x2F;6SwfTPrnXkUtTyym8?g_st=ic&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>hexator</author><text>The article doesn&amp;#x27;t mention the numerous downsides to pedestrians for diverging diamond interchanges. Four crossing points means a lot more conflict points and a lot more chances for death.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Road planners embrace the diverging diamond interchange</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/1243933142/diverging-diamond-interchange-chlewicki</url></story>