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2010-09-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Stupid idea of the week: Optical illusion of a child at play for use as traffic speed control

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Posted by gorb 2010-09-09 13:58|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 What the person in yellow said, or more likely in my mind, it will turn into a, "Cry Wolf," scenerio. This could lead to drivers to be even more careless since they may perceive situations that require actual caution as another attempt to deceive. Really dumb.

Posted by miscellaneous 2010-09-09 14:27|| 2010-09-09 14:27|| Front Page Top

#2 YJCMTSU!!

How long will it take for drivers to figure this out and ignore it? 1 day? 2 days?

Then they'll start to ignore real kids (ahhh, it's just another PC nanny crying wolf again).

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-09-09 14:29|| 2010-09-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#3 misc. you beat me to it but thisssss much.

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-09-09 14:29|| 2010-09-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Such a bad idea. Gonna be so much brake slamming and fender benders at least, in addition to what gorb said. What is wrong with the bump? They are always on and issue their own traffic penalty.

And why a child playing? Why not a bear, or those flame shooting flowers from Mario Bros?

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-09-09 15:59|| 2010-09-09 15:59|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the same stupid thinking from back in the early 80's when they would put a fake deer beside a highway to catch poachers. Then the next bright idea why not put out fake police cars to slow speeders. Just like the fake deer, nutballs started to shoot at them for sport. Whanne park and run radar - no thanks

Posted by retired LEO 2010-09-09 22:34|| 2010-09-09 22:34|| Front Page Top

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