Laser Crosswalk Saves Pedestrians From a Painful Death
When the light turns red, a huge laser wall projecting apparitions of crossing pedestrians spans across the crosswalk. The concept is designed to keep crossing pedestrians safe from any overzealous drivers whom otherwise might have ran the red light.
December 1, 2009 12:55pm
that is several shades of awesome
December 1, 2009 13:05pm
And if there isn’t any fog or heavy dust for the lasers to strike, how are they to refract and/or reflect to the direction of the driver? Lasers don’t just make solid apparitions, they’re essentially really bright flashlights.
When they dust settles, the drivers would think that there is no red light, being accustomed to the laser crosswalk (if they WERE to have worked under ideal conditions). At which point, they’d cut em down.
Damn you physics! Things would be so much better without pesky reality ruining things.
December 1, 2009 13:17pm
Would be pretty cool. I definitely like the city application, would be a nice fit. I could easily see these in downtown Tokyo.
December 1, 2009 13:36pm
I think there’s a slight flaw in the concept, it looks like it will make it harder for the drivers to see if there is actually anyone crossing, therefore people crossing are still at the risk of the overzealous drivers as mentioned in the post.
December 1, 2009 15:50pm
another flaw is that pedestrians will think that its always cool to cross and maybe wont be as perceptive as they would be on a regular crossing, and will be ran over by overzelous drivers. only way this would work is if the laser actually cut the car like cheese. like light sabers!
December 1, 2009 16:57pm
This is a dumb idea. A better idea is this new invention called the red light. You see it, and you don’t drive.
December 1, 2009 17:01pm
Not only is it not doable and this is a classic case of an idiot unable to check if it’s even remotely doable at this stage, but it’s a bad idea if it was possible. It takes away visibility: swerving to save a crossing pedestrian’s life would be made more difficult by the animated assholes crossing, in case the car was late to apply the brakes. Then, the pedestrians would get a false sense of security, as if the thing is a wall and just cross without looking. Lastly, this just reduces visibility, and that’s just always a retarded thing on the road. What about approaching police vehicles with siren blaring ? They can’t make sure the road is clear before proceeding because of the fucking red light. Good job dumbshits.
December 1, 2009 18:54pm
How about a laser that disintegrates moronic pedestrians who saunter across the street, regardless of the status of the traffic light or crosswalk sign, yakking away on their cell phones. What ever happened to looking both ways and paying attention? People in cars have a much smaller range of view and a lot more flying past their field of vision. They do what they can. It’s the pedestrian’s job to be observant and fast.
December 18, 2009 10:56am
Or it could create a lot of blind pedestrians…
December 20, 2009 2:35am
Wow, that’s really ridiculous… Not only are laser beams invisible unless they hit something (dust, fog, a wall, etc…), but just how exactly do you think you will make parts of the beam wider to make the image? Not to mention that having 50 high-power lasers at eye level presents some serious safety problems…
January 24, 2010 15:33pm
Well I think this is great. if it is doable, it would be awesome to see lots of these things in town. It would make it seem as a sci-fi town. Although the actual working of the devide is hard to tell by the image, if it does the job right, that’s all for the best.
- snipercup
January 26, 2010 6:08am
@snipercup But it won’t work. the device itself doesn’t function and the concept wouldn’t work. This is why concept artists should actually have to spend more than a minute thinking about their designs first. Its not enough to just draw a pretty picture. And really it took less than a minute to find the flaws in that design as I would imagine it did with everyone else who have left comments explaining what the creator was too lazy to figure out .
July 23, 2010 11:01am
besides, what if there are multiple lanes next to each other and the left lanes are ment for cars that will go left after the traffic light. Not all lanes are red at the same time so should they build multiple poles on the driveway where cars can crash into?
August 1, 2010 1:34am
#2–in answer to your question, they could use a very light atomized mist as is used in swamp coolers.
Or a fog machine, or a steam release, or….
August 18, 2010 17:06pm
do you even know how much power that would take up? :/
i wouldn’t want it in my city it’s not even eco-friendly not to mention it may blind the driver