Police add another dimension for drivers
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THE latest weapon in police efforts to persuade motorists to obey traffic rules is a 3D zebra crossing.
At two busy intersections in the southwest city of Chengdu, police have shaded the usually flat zebra strips to make them appear to rise from the road. The stripes are also painted in blue, yellow and white, instead of the traditional white.
Police said the aim was to create the illusion that drivers might hit speed bumps if they did not slow down.
“After we made this, more drivers learned to slow down and give way to pedestrians at the crosswalks,” said one police officer.
Chinese motorists are notorious for speeding, instead of slowing down, at crosswalks.
But a horrific accident caught on camera showing a woman hit and then run over twice on a crosswalk led to public soul-searching.
The Ministry of Public Security said 3,898 people had died in 14,000 accidents on China’s crosswalks in the past three years and several cities began to install facial scans to identify pedestrians who disobey red lights.
Police also vowed to severely punish drivers who do not give way to pedestrians.
Chengdu residents have welcomed the innovative 3D crossing.
“Before, cars might not give way to pedestrians. But now, with these eye-catching crosswalks, they slow down,” one resident said.
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