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Canada unveils new speed bump: optical illusion of a child
news.yahoo.com ^ | Sept 8 2010 | Brett Michael Dykes

Posted on 09/08/2010 1:23:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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1 posted on 09/08/2010 1:23:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Amazingly stupid.


2 posted on 09/08/2010 1:26:14 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That would scare me to death. I’d slam on the brakes and get rear-ended.


3 posted on 09/08/2010 1:26:18 PM PDT by Cloverfarm (This too shall pass ...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
IBJPB

http://www.ridelust.com/stereoscopic-parking-garage-im-freaking-out-dude/


4 posted on 09/08/2010 1:26:25 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Does Patty glow in the dark? Whole concept seems sick to me.


5 posted on 09/08/2010 1:27:06 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As the author says, it’s likely drivers will learn to ignore it and real children will die.


6 posted on 09/08/2010 1:27:18 PM PDT by FourPeas (Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Irritating.


7 posted on 09/08/2010 1:27:32 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Berlin_Freeper

great isea! Give drivers a heart attack.


8 posted on 09/08/2010 1:28:22 PM PDT by pgkdan (When the same man...holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty: George Mason)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
"Amazingly stupid."

It really is, isn't it? Breathtaking.

9 posted on 09/08/2010 1:28:28 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That picture must not have been taken from the exact right angle. The feet and the ball appear too big.


10 posted on 09/08/2010 1:29:32 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Not only that; it may cause drivers to become inured to the sight of a child in the middle of the street.


11 posted on 09/08/2010 1:30:25 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Great way to train the brain that children are optical illusions.


12 posted on 09/08/2010 1:33:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oh!...That’s brilliant!.....It will probably cause more accidents than it prevents...Socialists are idiots!!!


13 posted on 09/08/2010 1:34:25 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Cloverfarm

that’s probably what will happen to a lot of people.


14 posted on 09/08/2010 1:35:17 PM PDT by cubreporter ( Trust Rush and you won't go wrong.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It will probably give some senior citizen a heart attack!


15 posted on 09/08/2010 1:35:59 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: FourPeas

“As the author says, it’s likely drivers will learn to ignore it and real children will die.”

That was my first thought too.


16 posted on 09/08/2010 1:36:25 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Note to self: Ignore children while in Canadian parking garages.

/johnny

17 posted on 09/08/2010 1:37:12 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Tijeras_Slim; martin_fierro
Caterpillar's parking manager is now working on an optical illusion of Rachel Corrie.


18 posted on 09/08/2010 1:38:11 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: cripplecreek
"...train the brain that children are optical illusions..."

It's amazing all that can be done with just "a $15,000 safety program".

19 posted on 09/08/2010 1:40:44 PM PDT by expat_panama
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Yep, drivers will ignore them and hear a ‘blip - bonk’.


20 posted on 09/08/2010 1:48:34 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
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