3D Illusion To Slow Traffic Down

Traffic safety foundation in Vancouver, Canada is using 3D pavement art to make drivers slow down in high risk areas and school zones.

Optical illusion of a little girl chasing a ball has been installed by BCAA and Preventable on 22nd street in West Vancouver, north of Inglewood Avenue.

3D illusion rises up gradually from about 100 feet away and fades away by the time a driver approaches.
The illusion is part of a $15,000 safety program that will run this week, led by the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation and the public awareness group Preventable.ca. As drivers approach, the police will monitor the fake girl's effects. Despite fears that drivers may stop suddenly or swerve into actual 3D children, David Duane of the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation told CTV news that the bump was meant to bring attention to driver-caused pedestrian injuries, and that the fake girl should not cause accidents:

"It's a static image. If a driver can't respond to this appropriately, that person shouldn't be driving..."

Source: current.comAdded: 3 January 2011