The worst idea ever is meant to improve traffic safety [that's dumb]

The likely results of having a virtual girl on the road.

The Globe and Mail writes that two Canadian safety organizations have partnered to install a $15,000 device that projects a 3D girl chasing a pink ball down the street onto a road in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 3D image will look like an indistinguishable mark from far away, but by the time the driver is within 30 meters of it, the image of the girl and ball will become clear. Getting closer to it will make it disappear again.

So what happens if the driver swerves to avoid the virtual child and hits a live human? Who gets sued?

This is basically like hanging a dummy dressed like a little kid off a highway overpass and dropping it in front of rush hour traffic. It just begs for trouble and doesn’t improve road safety at all.

I’m astounded at how stupid this idea is and that it has actually been implemented. But hey, it’s not the first horrible idea Canada had.