Optical speed bumps to curb speeding?

[pokerfan]

What could possibly go wrong?

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.



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

[Chan790]

1. Oh, that's a bad idea.

The premise is good, the application is poor. How about if 2 foot tall text reading "Slow Down You Asshole, This is a school zone." appeared instead?

Someone's going to hit a real kid thinking it's the illusion.

[pokerfan]

2. I tend to agree

Someone's going to hit a real kid thinking it's the illusion.Or hit something else in an effort to avoid hitting the illusion.

[IDemo]

3. maybe something like this ->