3D pedestrian crossings?
03-24-18, 12:55 AM
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3D pedestrian crossings?
IF YOU’RE driving around Cairns any time soon, you might want to be careful for an unusual road obstacle. Enormous blocks, seemingly floating above the road surface, look ready to do some serious damage to your Commodore.
But it’s all just a trick of the eye as Cairns looks set to create Australia’s first “floating” pedestrian zebra crossing in a bid to slow down the speed of perplexed motorists.
On Wednesday, Cairns Regional Council signed off on $30,000 of taxpayers’ money to paint a “three-dimensional” zebra crossing outside a hotel and shopping complex in the CBD of the north Queensland tourist hub, reported the Cairns Post.
But some councillors have queried the cost of the project and slammed it as just an “art installation … an Escher drawing”.
But it’s all just a trick of the eye as Cairns looks set to create Australia’s first “floating” pedestrian zebra crossing in a bid to slow down the speed of perplexed motorists.
On Wednesday, Cairns Regional Council signed off on $30,000 of taxpayers’ money to paint a “three-dimensional” zebra crossing outside a hotel and shopping complex in the CBD of the north Queensland tourist hub, reported the Cairns Post.
But some councillors have queried the cost of the project and slammed it as just an “art installation … an Escher drawing”.
Fun idea, though I see no practical use. The story goes into a lot more detail than the small quote.
03-25-18, 03:54 PM
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Might be good for stopping drunk drivers.
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Hillarious! We neighbors have been meeting with the city traffic engineer regarding ways to slow traffic on our street. Fake speed bumps painted on the street are a definite possibility. I set him a link to that article. He’ll get a kick out of it even if it’s used only for his April fools joke.
