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Message started by verslagen1 on 09/09/10 at 07:25:16

Title: Speed Bumps
Post by verslagen1 on 09/09/10 at 07:25:16

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100908/od_yblog_upshot/canada-unveils-new-speed-bump-optical-illusions-of-children

Asked whether confusing and/or tricking drivers with such images might create such unintended hazards, David Dunne of the British Columbia Automobile Association Traffic Safety Foundation said that pedestrians need to be just as alert as drivers.

Attention: Pedestrian season is now open

Title: Re: Speed Bumps
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/09/10 at 08:10:25

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?

My first thot. Seems like a bad idea to me.

Title: Re: Speed Bumps
Post by Arnold on 09/09/10 at 11:55:10

I'd be tempted to drive around it instead of slowing down :)

Title: Re: Speed Bumps
Post by youzguyz on 09/09/10 at 13:14:19

5C4345425F5869596951434F04360 wrote:

+1
Put a REAL speed bump in there.. a BIG one. Mark it in BRIGHT colors and stripes. Nothing will slow somebody down more than a speed bump that means business. >:(

However, I really like those hard rubber ones where there are gaps for motorcycles to ride through!! ;)

Title: Re: Speed Bumps
Post by Ed L. on 09/09/10 at 13:51:14

What a great place to pull a burn out. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D