To try and improve safety on one German town's roads, officials have decided that the best bet is to completely remove all the areas traffic lights and stop signs.

Bohmte's city centre, in the west of the country, will be free from traffic lights and stop signals from tomorrow, as the town tries to figure out a way of increasing road safety.

"Traffic will no longer be dominant," Klaus Goedejohann, the town's mayor, told Reuters.

When the move is implemented it is hoped that the number of accidents taking place involving vehicles will be cut, with pedestrians and the town's 13,500 cars having equal right of way.

The plans are being funded in part by the European Union on the back of success with a similar project in the Netherlands town of Drachten, where accidents have been cut significantly, Mr Goedejohann said.

Traffic lights installed at a cost of £600,000 at a roundabout in Sussex under two years ago were recently ripped out amid fears they were both confusing and dangerous.