bigdog17k Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Canada unveils new speed bump: optical illusion of a childOfficials in West Vancouver, Canada, apparently aren't satisfied with the driver-slowing properties of traditional speed bumps. On Tuesday, the town unveiled a new way to persuade motorists to ease off the gas pedal in the vicinity of the École Pauline Johnson Elementary School: a 2-D image of a child playing, creating the illusion that the approaching driver will soon blast into a child. According to Discover magazine, the pavement painting appears to rise up as the driver gets closer to it, reaching full 3-D realism at around 100 feet: "Its designers created the image to give drivers who travel at the street's recommended 18 miles per hour (30 km per hour) enough time to stop before hitting Pavement Patty -- acknowledging the spectacle before they continue to safely roll over her." You have to wonder if the designers of the "speed bump of the future" considered that drivers might become conditioned to disregard Pavement Patty and her imaginary cohorts, creating something similar to a "boy who cried wolf" effect. Couldn't such conditioning reduce drivers' caution if a real child should cross their path?Full Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 West Vancouver isn't even that bad for traffic.. That's North Vancouver or the North Shore, or of course Richmond (Up there with Montreal for worst-driving city in Canada and possibly North America). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 This seems like a bad idea, won't it cause more potential accidents with people swerving out of the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Terrible idea, there are so many things that can go wrong with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great iBoldin Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 People will swerve, or they'll do an abrupt halt on the brakes and it'll cause rear end damage and it won't even be there fault according to the absolutely brain dead people of ICBC here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 http://mit.zenfs.com/5/2010/09/3dgirl1.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Id [expletive]ing floor it like theres no tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Lmfao. This is so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 It's so stupid that it's sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I would still go, knowing that its a speed bump and they all look the same. I live in the middle of my neighborhood, there are two exits, and I drive through at least 10 speed bumps every day on my way in, and out...I just ignore speed bumps now days, I don't speed over them, but I am not extremely cautious like I used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I've come to realize with both railroad tracks, and speed bumps, the faster you go, the less you notice them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I've come to realize with both railroad tracks, and speed bumps, the faster you go, the less you notice them.Yeah until you ruin the suspension in your car, or snap an axle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Well going fast on a railroad track isn't smart, my car rattles like crazy even when I go slow....speed bumps it all depends on how the bump is made...some speed bumps aren't even bumps, they are like smooth transitions on the street, some of them just [expletive] your car up if you go too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STL10 Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 I laughed out loud when I read this. I don't know why. The whole thought of seeing an illusional kid would make me speed up to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 http://www.hockeydrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/double_facepalm.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 http://www.scummers.co.uk/Lucifer/triple%20face%20palm.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STL10 Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 I like Canada, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 http://www.scummers.co.uk/Lucifer/triple%20face%20palm.jpgno the triple facepalm is a super special picture only to be used in dire times, yugo don't ruin it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Very, very, very stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Terrible idea, there are so many things that can go wrong with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 holy [expletive] this is stupid. I am just waiting for someone to hit a child and then say "I thought it was just a speed bump." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 holy [expletive] this is stupid. I am just waiting for someone to hit a child and then say "I thought it was just a speed bump." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 It'll probably work, I think people would stop short when they see it like "wtf is that", because it doesn't exactly look like a person, but it's still alarming. A bit weird though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 It was made to stop the stoners in Vancouver from smoking and driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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