It's time for another GOOD IDEA, BAD IDEA

[spatch]

GOOD IDEA: Placing a traffic safety decal on the road in a school zone to warn motorists to slow down.

BAD IDEA: Placing a traffic safety decal on the road in a school zone to warn motorists to slow down that looks like a 3D kid in the middle of the street.

THE END.

Comments

[phonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Anamorphic projection is pretty neat. But talk about crying wolf there.

[cursethedark.livejournal.com]

Hell. I'd speed up.

[wring.livejournal.com]

that is awesome

[eeka13.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see some of those on some certain streets in Boston. Like a few residential streets near work, those triangular rotaries near Uphams Corner, the Lamartine Speedway...

[ron_newman]

Won't that cause more accidents as drivers suddenly slam on their brakes and get rear-ended?

[pecosy.livejournal.com]

So true. Cutesy ideas and real traffic do not mix.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Sure, but then it's the fault of the guy behind you. Never mind that you were doing 40mph in a school zone.

Personally I think *enforcement* is the way to go. Nothing gets people to slow down like a few $150 tickets the first week of school. Word gets out, people.

[bostonista.livejournal.com]

So what happens when drivers get used to these things and then blithely drive over an actual kid?

[eeka13.livejournal.com]

Well, it's always best to steer when possible to avoid obstacles, rather than brake. Also, a driver shouldn't be following too closely -- they should always have enough room to brake or steer should the person in front of them suddenly stop. Not to say that anyone knows this.

[skeetlj.livejournal.com]

Now all you need is Tom Bodett to narrate and you're set!

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

That was my thought: "Goody: we're training people to run over kids".

Morons.

[piezocuttlefish.livejournal.com]

When I first heard of this, I thought "$0.99 of spray paint will totally fix this $500 screwup.".