Preventing Road Accidents With 3d Images (Hopefully)

[Tichy]

http://www.preventable.ca/2010/09/shifting-attitudes-with-illusions/

[RiderOfGiraffes]

Previous reports:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1674621

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1673699

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1672968

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1669681

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1656369

[Tichy → RiderOfGiraffes]

They should have linked to the original source :-)

[cperciva]

To preempt the "this might cause accidents" argument: They did think about this, and the image is placed such it is very unlikely anyone will mistake it for a real child + ball. Drivers will see it coming a long way off and have plenty of time to notice that the image isn't moving.