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Title: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 20, 2009, 12:32:37 PM
Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
by Scott Carmichael on Jun 18th 2009 at 11:30AM



When the Islington city council tried to think of a way to slow down cyclists on their famous canalway, they came up with a creative and (hopefully) effective solution.

The way I see it, this piece of "art" may have several unintended consequences:


Cyclists see this thing and panic - causing them to swerve and hit the fence, shooting them into the river
Cyclists see it, know it isn't real and slow down to stare at it, hitting a pedestrian
Cyclists know it is fake, so they speed up to show the council what a waste of money this is

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2009/06/cyclist-hole-415x274-[gadling-bumper].jpg)
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: WilldCrd on June 20, 2009, 02:03:31 PM
COOL!! i want to get something like that painted on my garage floor
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: sluggish on June 20, 2009, 08:09:15 PM
It only looks real from exactly the angle that the photo was taken from.
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: WilldCrd on June 21, 2009, 09:42:19 AM
It only looks real from exactly the angle that the photo was taken from.

One of the guys i work with has some pics like this. I want something done to the effect of when looking at the floor in my garage you would see a deep hole, some broken water pipes, electrical lines and maybe way way at the bottom a river of LAVA....liquid hot MAGMA lol. If i can get it done while the wife is away so that when she come home and goes to pull into the garage.....PANIC !!  :O :aok

ofcourse the consequences would be me in the dog house for a lil while but it would be worth it!
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: Saxman on June 21, 2009, 09:46:07 AM
Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
by Scott Carmichael on Jun 18th 2009 at 11:30AM



When the Islington city council tried to think of a way to slow down cyclists on their famous canalway, they came up with a creative and (hopefully) effective solution.

The way I see it, this piece of "art" may have several unintended consequences:


Cyclists see this thing and panic - causing them to swerve and hit the fence, shooting them into the river
Cyclists see it, know it isn't real and slow down to stare at it, hitting a pedestrian
Cyclists know it is fake, so they speed up to show the council what a waste of money this is

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2009/06/cyclist-hole-415x274-[gadling-bumper].jpg)

Bad idea to take lessons on traffic control from Wile E. Coyote.
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: USRanger on June 21, 2009, 09:50:18 AM
 :rofl
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: boxboy28 on June 22, 2009, 12:00:36 AM
Willdcard i love your idea/vision..... i see the lava as i type!      only problem is the pix are ascpect ot view oriented.......from out sode it wopuld freak her out.....if she saw it.....but once your on top it wouldnt be anything unless you had it drawn that way!
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: RightF00T on June 22, 2009, 11:24:28 AM
Quote
It only looks real from exactly the angle that the photo was taken from.

Was going to say....seems like faux news
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: Captfish on June 22, 2009, 11:40:32 AM
That guys does art all over the world....I cant find the one I like best but here are some more

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2441/61536460po5.jpg)

(http://blog.creativethink.com/images/hosepipe_1.jpg)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__EG3OSvlN48/SXXiutwxfjI/AAAAAAAAAJc/7cMOobgkRtQ/s320/3d-street-illusions-10_resize.jpg)
Title: Re: Fake 3D crater designed to slow down London cyclists
Post by: whels on June 22, 2009, 03:05:49 PM
more of his drawings
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm