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Using Optical Illusions to Force Drivers to Pay Attention to the Road
adafruit ^ | November 5, 2017

Posted on 11/05/2017 7:28:46 AM PST by Elderberry

A fishing town in Ísafjörður, Iceland is experimenting with a way to get drivers to pay attention to the road. What they’ve come up with is this optical illusion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=szJbz-z7iJw

Artist Jenny McCracken did something similar in New Zealand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=Zgdw0XelgnE

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.adafruit.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: iceland; isafjordur
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To: Elderberry

Is this “Art” not covered by snow for most of the year?

(Rolls eyes)


21 posted on 11/05/2017 10:05:32 AM PST by ASOC (Forced to give a man a fish, he eats one day. Deport him and you'll never have to feed him again.)
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To: ex91B10

NO, No, No, No! You loopy brothel inmate!


22 posted on 11/05/2017 10:22:19 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: dangus

Eff em if they can’t take a joke.


23 posted on 11/05/2017 11:11:37 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: null and void
didn’t seem to slow down the one driver shown by even a teensy bit

I noticed that. Like all lefty virtue signalling, worthless.

24 posted on 11/05/2017 1:04:19 PM PST by Company Man (Best election evah!)
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To: dangus

Your mother was a hamster...


25 posted on 11/05/2017 1:16:58 PM PST by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: Company Man

To be fair, the driver was probably texting and didn’t even see it...


26 posted on 11/05/2017 1:18:04 PM PST by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: Seruzawa

I did figure, if you’re named elderberry, you should be prepared to be told your mother smelled like elderberry.


27 posted on 11/05/2017 3:48:32 PM PST by dangus
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