[Newsbot]

Title: 3D image used to slow drivers down
Category: Videos
Posted By: tritium
Date: 2010-09-07 14:51:20
Canadian

[tritium]

Holy crap!!

Just wait for the pileups when people emergency break or swerve and get into an accident.

[bootlegga]

Good idea! It's time for people to slow down when driving through residential ares.

[tritium]

bootlegga bootlegga:

R=UP Good idea! It's time for people to slow down when driving through residential ares.

...so what's wrong with a conventional speed bump?

This idea is an accident waiting to happen, or worse.

[bootlegga]

I don't see it as any worse than those large video displays around Edmonton. It shouldn't affect good drivers one bit (those who pay attention).

[Bodah]

You know what makes me slow down ?

School Zone signs, yeah they work too.

Last thing I want to do is hit anyone especially a kid.

Waste of money.

[desertdude]

Good ol sleeping police mmen as the say on the other side of the pond I believe would work better

[Freakinoldguy]

A bad ideal all around.

People's minds can become accustomed to most anything and seeing a child in the street is going to evoke a "holy shit" response for about a day and then they're gonna go back to daydreaming, reading the paper, smoking a joint, talking on the cellphone or having a nap while driving and block out this 3d image.

Then guess what happens when a real child runs out in the street?

Bingo, the drivers mind will naturally assume that it's just another stupid decal and the driver won't respond............one dead child and a tragedy that could have been avoided won't be.

[Canadian_Mind]

Aside from people reacting stupid and hitting something when they see the image, I have a bigger concern. After a local driver passes this a dozen times, the next time they see a real kid chasing after a ball will complacency will kick in and they wont stop at all?

[ASLplease]

it should be a police officer not a child