Canada's new speed bumps

[Slydragon]

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

[jack sommerset]

I would speed up

[ChumpDumper]

What's wrong with that girl's feet?

That's Canadian health care for ya....

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Interesting, however it seems it's not really designed to work like a speed bump. With a normal speed bump an inattentive driver might notice it late and hit the brakes to take it at a reasonable speed. These seem like they could just as easily make a driver panic and slam on their brakes with traffic behind them or, worse yet, swerve.

[Bender]

this has Failure written all over it.

[METALMiKE]

"Oh, a little girl is in front me, ok, I'll slow down..."

[cheguevara]

I would go with puppies

[LoneStarState'sPride]

lol Canada, making hazard-prevention measures hazards in and of themselves.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Oh, Can-a-da....wtf.

[ChumpDumper]

Do Canadian children often bowl in parking garages?

[Sisk]

this has Failure written all over it.

[admiralsnackbar]

Let's get reckless drivers to become comfortable driving through illusory children so that they will be conditioned to ignore any real children that cross their paths. Wish I'd thought of that.

[Wild Cobra]

this has Failure written all over it.
No kidding.

The scenario I see is that people will get used to them, then plow down a child dressed similar to the illusion.

[resistanze]

Fail. This is happening in a town of 40,000 people however. I could give a shit what they do.

Wouldn't it be ironic though if the girl in this illusion was hit by a car in real life?