DRIVERS pull over to try to understand optical illusions on the road.
A series of brain teasers have started appearing on roads around the world as safety officials hope to slow down cars.
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Can you figure out why you can safely drive over this pedestrian crossing? Credit: Gústi Productions
One optical illusion, depicting an elevated pedestrian crossing, was painted in Iceland, the automotive-based publication Popular Mechanics reported.
Car owners who drive in slow motion to discover the optical illusion.
The illusion was meant to try to scare drivers into paying attention and hitting the brakes.
As the cars approach, the paint makes it look like these strips on the road are three-dimensional bars that would tear up the bottom of the vehicle.
But that’s just a tricky varnish.
Those who make it eventually see that it’s just painted on the ground and can see that they can safely drive over it.
However, you need to have perfect vision to see the truth behind the very clever street painting.
Although these are not IQ tests, tricky illusions are over everywhere, drivers are being tested all over the world.
Lawmakers are using the images as a ploy to get drivers to slow down.
An optical illusion showing a little girl chasing a pink ball on the street has appeared in Canada, writes The Boston Globe.
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It was placed in the school street.
The illusion, dubbed the “Pavement Patty,” was temporarily seen on the street in 2010 during the back-to-school season.
The Pavement Patty was a three-dimensional sticker, not an image like the illusion in Iceland.
“You probably don’t expect a child to run into traffic,” read a black sign near the optical illusion.
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Those who succeed eventually see that it is only painted on the ground Credit: Gústi Productions
Categories: Optical Illusion
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