If there's anything scarier than young girls (see: The Ring. Resident Evil. The Shining. ) it's young girls who can just pop out of concrete chasing a holographic ball. Seriously. This is going to cause panic and accidents.
But what is it exactly? No, it's not a genetic freak with Shaq-shoes and naturally low resolution, it's a 3D image that Vancouver Traffic Safety will be projecting on the roadway-- at a cost of $15,000. From a distance of over 30 meters (98.5 feet) it'll just be an anomaly, but get within that distance and it materializes into a small girl chasing a ball across the street.
The program will be implemented in school zone areas and is the latest attempt to get drivers to be cautious in such high foot-traffic zones.
The program starts next week.
rustyshacklfrd says:
01:33 PM, 09/ 3/10
[slap to the forehead]
Yeah, this is going to go well. Some idiot's going to dodge that hologram and kill a real kid.
sigmabody says:
01:49 PM, 09/ 3/10
Wow... from the department that brought you the worst idea ever, comes the sequel: an inconceivably even-worse idea. Just tell me you'll be able to sue the idiots who decided to put this in directly and personally the first time someone swerves to avoid this and plows through a group of actual children.
This sort of idiocy just infuriates me.
felonious says:
01:59 PM, 09/ 3/10
You guys have a good point, but I'm stuck on figuring out *how* they're going to do this. You telling me, somehow holographic technology was invented, and the first people to use it are Canuckian traffic cops??
brn says:
03:19 PM, 09/ 3/10
Sounds more like a practical joke than a safety program.
brn says:
03:27 PM, 09/ 3/10
felonious, holographic technology is real and usable. Practical? That, I"m not so sure about.
firstwagon says:
04:12 PM, 09/ 3/10
Does seem like a lame idea but I can see why they are trying it. Watching idiots fly through the school zone at my daughters Elementry school you really want to do something.
I think a speed trap with one year driving suspensions is a better idea.
windsor5 says:
08:37 PM, 09/ 3/10
This tech has been around for a while and is
A. A waste of taxes
B.dangerous as mentioned above
Speed grates would be a better option
blueguydotcom says:
10:05 AM, 09/ 4/10
Wow, horrible.
might as well have an invisible rope:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4INDu9kNs
stovt001 says:
01:12 PM, 09/ 4/10
nuking a flea, anyone?
ne1butu2 says:
01:57 PM, 09/ 4/10
Projecting bizarre and confusing obstacles in front of drivers.... yeah, that sounds like a brilliant idea. The Vancouver budget had better have a lawsuit slush fund for the accidents it causes from this idiocy.
firstwagon says:
03:23 PM, 09/ 4/10
Little chance of a lawsuit. Vancouver is in Canada and there's little chance of winning a lawsuit here if the accident was your fault.
The speed limit in school zones is 30 Kph (about 20 mph) and anyone going that slow could easly stop in few feet if they saw something ahead they were alarmed by.
To have an accident you would have to be speeding or driving recklessly in which case you would never be able to sue. The driver might get sued though if he hit someone elses child.
Still don't think this is a good idea though.
firstwagon says:
06:55 PM, 09/ 7/10
Turns out it's not a projected image or anything fancy at all.
Just a painting on the road.
Fuss about nothing.