City To Fool Motorists Into Hitting Brakes

Um, so here’s a good idea: Let’s put plastic on the ground that makes it look like there’s something in the street. That way, drivers will swerve and crash into a parked car full of orphans, killing 7 slow down, have a good chuckle and make the roadways a little safer.

That’s the plan of a new program called DriveCare Philly, which attempts to make people slow down with the use of these “high-tech” devices. Take, for instance, Bluegrass Road in the Great Northeast (if you must know, it’s near my parents’ house). The speed limit is 25, and yet people — get this! — drive much faster than 25 down that road.

And these fake 3D bumps and a few other things are going to solve that problem, hallelujah. Then we can move on to the inevitable rear-end crashes these plastic things cause, knowing Philadelphians.

3D Images Part of City’s Effort to Slow Down Drivers [KYW 1060]