Tricky Icelandic pedestrian crossing

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[Gary E]

Love it but my worry would be that a driver would see it, swerve to avoid hitting those massive concrete blocks, and take out half a dozen pedestrians who're waiting to cross

 

[AndyRM]

Didn't seem to slow down the driver of the Land Rover who went steaming through near the end of the video...

 

[Gary E]

I've seen something similar where they've painted 3D children in the road and in Nottingham there's a village that has concrete bollards next to the road that look (at least at first glance) like kids on the edge of the pavement waiting to cross. The bollards certainly get your attention!

Something like this...

 

[Cycleops]

I've seen something similar where they've painted 3D children in the road and in Nottingham there's a village that has concrete bollards next to the road that look (at least at first glance) like kids on the edge of the pavement waiting to cross. The bollards certainly get your attention!

Something like this...
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Creepy, looks like a remake of village of the damned.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I've seen something similar where they've painted 3D children in the road and in Nottingham there's a village that has concrete bollards next to the road that look (at least at first glance) like kids on the edge of the pavement waiting to cross. The bollards certainly get your attention!

Something like this...
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With some creative graffiti those kids could become something fun.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Didn't seem to slow down the driver of the Land Rover who went steaming through near the end of the video...

I have a cunning plan for that Landrover driver, m'lord. What we do is install just one real one of them raised block crossings in his street. Then we wait.

 

[Threevok]

Good Idea, except they only work once.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

My daughter is in Iceland right now, on a School trip.

 

[Gary E]

 

[Bollo]

I've seen something similar where they've painted 3D children in the road and in Nottingham there's a village that has concrete bollards next to the road that look (at least at first glance) like kids on the edge of the pavement waiting to cross. The bollards certainly get your attention!

Something like this...
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Antony Gormley's work has gone downhill.

 

[Cycleops]

My daughter is in Iceland right now, on a School trip.

Maybe she’d like some part time work.

 

[presta]

Love it but my worry would be that a driver would see it, swerve to avoid hitting those massive concrete blocks, and take out half a dozen pedestrians who're waiting to cross

The kids on bikes swerved to avoid the blocks.

 

[Julia9054]

Those bollards are like something from a horror film

 

[mjr]

In Holland they have little orange cutouts that look like a child just about to dash out from behind a lamppost or junction box. They look crude but I suspect they are pretty effective. I thought I had a photo of one, but I can't find it.

There's some out in the fens. I think two are in Padney but they're not on Streetview.