3D crossings

Hagar · 4 Sep 2018 at 10:20

https://www.boredpanda.com/3d-pedes...nkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Would these slow you down?

Interesting (and scary the first encounter) but not in the UK Highway Authority standards book.

gord · 4 Sep 2018 at 10:46

I actually think it's really effective, from one direction.

But who isn't slowing down for pedestrian crossings? If there are people waiting, you stop. They've got poles and lights..

wedrum · 4 Sep 2018 at 10:51

gord no

robj20 · 4 Sep 2018 at 11:04

You would have some muppets slamming on for those.

Steampunk · 4 Sep 2018 at 11:10

I don't think confusing drivers and trying to get them to see things that aren't there is a good strategy. What happens if someone swerves onto the pavement to avoid hitting these "floating blocks"? Or people getting rear ended because of emergency stops? Or people who just refuse to drive over them because they look like some sort of obstruction in the road? It's guaranteed to have unforeseen and undesirable consequences.

CaptainRAVE · 4 Sep 2018 at 11:14

That is just distracting.

robj20 said:
You would have some muppets slamming on for those.

Or panicking and veering off into the pedestrians either side.

gord · 4 Sep 2018 at 11:33

wedrum said:
gord no

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They worked so hard to see if they could, they didn't stop to think whether they should..

Dave M · 4 Sep 2018 at 11:45

They could use the same effect to make virtual raised crossings, locals would know but you would hope they also knew the risk of people crossing, schools etc.

ttaskmaster · 4 Sep 2018 at 12:03

Round here they'd get filthy within a month and all the effect would be lost.

robj20 · 4 Sep 2018 at 12:16

ttaskmaster said:
Round here they'd get filthy within a month and all the effect would be lost.

Here you would probably get people stopping to take selfies as they cross the road. As a motorist the rules regards crossings is very clear not sure why people need to be tricked into abiding by them. The best zebras i have seen are the speed bump ones that's all that's required.

Luke · 5 Sep 2018 at 09:31

Did you watch the video on that link? The Discovery didn't slow down at all!

Haze · 5 Sep 2018 at 12:15

No, why would it, you would have to be special to think it real, and if a someone has their head stuck in their phone, it's not going to make any difference

Nasher · 5 Sep 2018 at 12:49

No, I know it's not possible to have floating blocks so they must be painted

It also looks weird from the pedestrian's angle.

Plus once they get dirty it will blend in to the road surface and just look flat.

adolf hamster · 5 Sep 2018 at 15:53

there's a town near me has done something like this for speedbumps, road marked like a speedbump but there's no actual bump there, it's reasonably effective the first time you encounter it but after that you know it's fake and don't slow down.

Luke · 6 Sep 2018 at 08:33

Haze said:
No, why would it, you would have to be special to think it real, and if a someone has their head stuck in their phone, it's not going to make any difference

Because there was a girl on a scooter to the left, and a man approaching from the right as the car crossed the crossing. On a standard zebra I'd have certainly slowed and stopped at it.

Haze · 6 Sep 2018 at 12:03

Luke said:
Because there was a girl on a scooter to the left, and a man approaching from the right as the car crossed the crossing. On a standard zebra I'd have certainly slowed and stopped at it.

I could be getting mixed up what op meant, but I am sure he was on about the design of the crossing, not would you stop if you saw someone next to it

Luke · 6 Sep 2018 at 21:47

What I meant was the text accompanying the video stated that the design was intended to slow down approaching cars, but in the same video you see a Discovery absolutely hoon past when people were at either side, disproving their theory!