slow down or the little girl gets it

not at all I thought the same thing.

You're right. That's pretty harsh, but it makes an impression.

That's eff'd up.

This was my first thought.

Those who speed regularly in that area, would just go "oh it's an illusion" and then one day...it won't be.

It won't help anything, except for maybe the tourists.

The question is, who didn't realize that and why are they in a position to make these decisions...

It shouldn't have.

Seriously, if you're driving and a small animal suddenly rushes into the road in front of you at a distance where stopping in time is impossible, you HIT the animal rather than making an uncontrollable dodge. The guy in that PSA should have run over the dog and none of that would have happened.

Oh, and he shouldn't have gone too fast, but seriously, the dog should have died and the people survived if he'd done the "Animal on the road!" reaction right.

I was being sarcastic :P I agree with you. If it means hitting an animal or hitting another car the animal is going to get hit.

Bingo! We have a winner. This has to rank as one of the stupidest traffic control ideas I have ever heard. I see all of the following as possibly happening as a result of this "test"

1. The early morning driver with coffee in one hand and talking on, hopefully, a hands free cell phone suddenly actually looks out the front windshield and swerves violently to avoid running over poor little holographic girl.... Car crashes into several other parked cars doing untold damage and possible even injuring the driver.

2. Same situation only now driver SLAMS on breaks to avoid injuring the CGI tike causing several cars behind to slam into the rear of his/her vehicle.. multiple injuries, massive damage the insurance adjusters now have to sort out, and possible potential for LAW SUITS against brilliant city official and CITY itself for coming up with this idea.

3. WORST case scenario as mentioned above... After time people become so used to the holograph designed to FORCE them to slow down and simply start ignoring it and someones little daughter or son ends up in hospital or the morgue. (See above for potential law suits against city once the first child dies as a result of this idiotic idea which is nothing compared to the loss the family will suffer as a result).

As a mother I can assure you if my city council and police department even thought about doing something this moronic I'd be at the next Council meeting with a rusty knife threatening the manhood of the Mayor, Polce Chief, and anyone else involved in trying to make this a reality. Oh and let's add one more potential scene to those above..

4. Older driver with some health problems, including heart condition, is distracted and sees the hologram at the last second. Swerves avoiding hitting the "fake child" and manages not to cause damage to their vehicle or any others BUT has a major heart attack and dies as a result of the increased stress from the situation. Family now has to make funeral arrangements and bury a beloved member. Once the grieving subsides, a bit, a lawyer is contacted and the city is sued for millions for causing an untimely death.

I am amazed the insurance agencies are not screaming bloody murder over this idea and the only people I see enjoying the idea are the lawyers drooling over potential law suits caused by it. Hey Canada here's an idea take that technology and try creating a commercial showing a small CGI child being hit by a speeding car to shock drivers into being more aware. Or how about we replace the "little girl" (thank you so much for placing the image of my daughter being run over in the street by the way) with a sign that simply says "SLOW DOWN". You have problems in an area with people driving too fast how about putting a few patrol cars there to pull over speeders and give them tickets instead of trying to SCARE the heck out of everyone on the road. A million good ways to use technology and some idiot comes up with this to combat speeding.