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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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"Speed Bump of the Future"...Really??

Umm, Canada has me a bit worried with this...

a speed bump that's an optical illusion of a child playing in the street...........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot...ns-of-children
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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one of these days some guy is going to SPEED UP trying to scare his passengers into thinking he's hitting a real person and sure enough, guess what's going to happen.

That won't be 'pavement Patty' he's bulldozing through.


You canadians have issues.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Uhhhhh.... i can only see this ending badly
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
one of these days some guy is going to SPEED UP trying to scare his passengers into thinking he's hitting a real person and sure enough, guess what's going to happen.

That won't be 'pavement Patty' he's bulldozing through.


You canadians have issues.
i can see it now...

rev: hey man check this out
jedi: dude, what are you doing? why are you speeding up in a neighborhood??
atilla: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, fun car
rev: just chill man, watch
jedi: rev, man, there's a kid in the street, slow down!
rev: nah it's all good, it's that stupid pavement patty bullshit, no worries
jedi: seriously, that's a real kid!!
rev: come on, lighten up! it'll seeeeem like we're really doing it, but we're not, thanks to Canada! it's some crazy hologram, omg
atilla: i want a slushie.

...thump, thump...

rev: uhh...
atilla: i don't want a slushie anymore
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 2tone
i can see it now...

rev: hey man check this out
jedi: dude, what are you doing? why are you speeding up in a neighborhood??
atilla: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, fun car
rev: just chill man, watch
jedi: rev, man, there's a kid in the street, slow down!
rev: nah it's all good, it's that stupid pavement patty bullshit, no worries
jedi: seriously, that's a real kid!!
rev: come on, lighten up! it'll seeeeem like we're really doing it, but we're not, thanks to Canada! it's some crazy hologram, omg
atilla: i want a slushie.

...thump, thump...

rev: uhh...
atilla: i don't want a slushie anymore
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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omfg


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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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why does it sound like i'm a short bus student??



p.s. - that was my laugh of the day
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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OMG OMG OMG

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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ha ha, i don't know man, it just seemed to fit.

rev wouldn't have to worry though, i'm sure he could talk one of his many stalkers in to taking the rap for him... a-la Matt Leinert style.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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lmao!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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seems about right...

Rev = unconscious murderer
Jedi = Voice of reason
Atilla = Down syndrome

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:23 PM
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LOL!

O wait, that's my general city area.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Atilla
seems about right...

Rev = unconscious murderer
Jedi = Voice of reason
Atilla = Down syndrome



that does seem oddly accurate
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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Anyone catch this bit:
As for drivers who become can't process optical illusions, Dunne argued that they have no business on the road in the first place.





Am I allowed to get grammar **** on a jouralist?




Terrible idea imo. There are such a thing as a speed bump that wrecks your car when you take it too fast.... which will never condition people to run over kids.

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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hah kinda reminds me of this road illusion i saw a few years back -- http://www.moillusions.com/2008/01/p...-illusion.html

I think i kinda like the kid a bit more. Who wouldnt want to run over a kid every morning to work
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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, that was hilarious 2tone.

This is not needed, there are speed bumps around here you do not want to speed over. I once got into an altercation in my old neighborhood when some dip **** was speeding through. He flew by, I screamed "slow down *******", he stopped and yelled some bullshit, I yelled some bullshit, he backed up, I walked into garage and got breaker bar, he drove off.

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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LOL ...

I would prefer some other images mentioned in the comments, like a cinder block or a giant pothole. An image of an Abrams tank with the gun turret pointed at ya would do the trick too. Heck, if it was an image of some foxy girl showing some leg, I'd even stop
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 03:25 AM
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they keep putting those on the rugby field as advertisements and it sucks. the stretched images... As for the RX8 im not so sure it would fare well even against a child lol.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:34 AM
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I would want to be the first person to put skid marks across it.

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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:39 AM
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Can I get one of a naked chick for my driveway?
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:40 AM
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graffiti target for sure...
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Flashwing
Can I get one of a naked chick for my driveway?
Nice!

Hard to believe that they expect you to get use to running over a child....

The politicians in Vancouver are a bit 'different', 'special'
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP

Am I allowed to get grammar **** on a jouralist?
Yes. But , shouldn't there be an 'N" in that last word?
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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Spelling Police just pwned the Grammar ****.
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 11:08 AM
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this just made me lol too hard in class :]
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