WE'VE SEEN a few different ideas that try tackling the problem of speeding motorists but a school in Canada has come up with one of the most thought-provoking methods of the bunch.
The École Pauline Johnson Elementary School, in West Vancouver, is using a 3D optical illusion of a young girl crossing the road to try and make drivers slow down.
The clever design, which employs the same optical illusion techniques used on many sporting venues for advertising, jumps out of the road, hopefully making drivers check their speed.
The image then appears to sink back into the road as the driver gets closer.
Safety experts have questioned the idea, saying it could encourage panic braking among motorists.
The illusion is accompanied by a sign which reads: ‘You’re probably not expecting kids to run into the road.’
Perhaps it should be accompanied by another sign which reads: 'Or the car in front to stamp on the brakes for no apparent reason.'
