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Canada unveils new speed bump: optical illusion of a child *UPDATED*
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[quote:Astronut:MV8xMTg1NTIyXzE5MjE5Nzc2X0IwNzg2MjI3] "Pavement Patty" That's just terrible. [quote:DeadBeacon] I applaud their efforts. Sensory adaptation will soon take over and people will become adjusted to this too. It's inevitable.[/quote] "Oh it's just an illusion, I don't need to actually slow down..." [/quote]
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What is the world coming to...I would probably not even see it...that's bad.
Officials 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."
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link to news.yahoo.com
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*UPDATE*
you can see 2 pictures and a video of the "Speed bump" at the link below
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link to izismile.com
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