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This idea was put into practice by a Dutch engineer called Hans Monderman - Tim Harford's book 'messy' talks about it It's an interesting read, the basic premise being that accidents happen when humans run on auto-pilot, so unpredictable and unusual environments force people to pay attention.
@Oliver Schick may be able to explain better, he seems to know about this kind of thing!
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Traffic lights switched off down Moorgate for the last couple of days. Sort of works in a chaotic kinda way... forces people to slow down, be aware and slightly considerate for a few seconds. Might even make the traffic flow more evenly.
Switch them all off forever?