Saturday, May 14, 2011

NYC To Speeders : Slow Down Or Turn Pedestrians Into Skeletons!

Saw this is the paper yesterday and just had to share. This is why New York rocks!

In an attempt to get crazy ass speed happy drivers to slow down, Mayor Bloomberg has installed new LED warning signs at crosswalks that he hopes will give speeders a reality check and, essentially, scare them into slowing down. When a driver is approaching one of the signs at a speed that a radar determines is too fast, the normal crosswalk figure will change into the image of a skeleton and the sign will read "SLOW DOWN". I shit you not. Check out the new sign below.

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I question whether or not this will work/whether or not most drivers will even pick up on the fact that the figure is depicting a skeleton, but it's pretty badass nonetheless!

2 comments:

Jennie Boots said...

Great find! I hope they do it, would be a great item to swipe.

ajlounyinjurylaw said...

I like it, I'd pay attention because it's different.