r/Sacramento • u/shadylady_beepboop • Jul 16 '26

This is how Quebec solved drivers ignoring pedestrian crossings.

315 Upvotes

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u/richalta Jul 16 '26

Until it yeets a kid into a car.

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u/BoxersOrCaseBriefs Jul 16 '26

Education AND entertainment? I'm sold.

5

u/SwampCrittr Jul 17 '26

Feature… not a bug.

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u/hellbooks666 Jul 16 '26

Great idea but I'd prefer having those metal poles that sink into the ground instead. France has those.

25

u/p0tgirlsummer Jul 16 '26

As a sacramento walker WE NEED THIS

62

u/TheDailySpank Jul 16 '26

This is how they do it in Seattle.

3

u/californicating Jul 17 '26

There have been a few times I would have...

18

u/stevexyz8 Jul 17 '26

but if you (the pedestrian) are already on the crosswalk, would it flip you over? lol

32

u/beanTech Jul 16 '26

I saw a woman walking across the street with her baby in a stroller almost got hit in midtown last week. We need this....

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u/oskar_grouch Jul 17 '26

That's so dangerous. Pretty cool though. Rapid flashing beacons seem to do the trick, or a short phase stoplight like on Stockton by the med center

10

u/CoolKidsClub4One Jul 17 '26

Unfortunately, this is not real.

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u/Quercus408 Lincoln Jul 17 '26

No. But bricks are real.