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Icelandic Town Paints 3D Crosswalk to Stress Importance of Slowing Down
It’s disturbingly easy for drivers to breeze right over a crosswalk when the road’s paint job is disappearing on the asphalt, but locals in the quaint fishing town of Ísafjörður, Iceland will never miss seeing their newest “3D” crosswalk in their downtown area. According to Bored Panda, “Icelandic environmental commissioner Ralf Trylla called for its placement in Ísafjörður after seeing a similar project being carried out in New Delhi, India.” And so far, everyone has wanted a closer look.
The experimental design is certain to stop drivers in their tracks to make sure they don’t run over the “floating” blocks, and pedestrians have the fun of looking like they’re walking on hunks of concrete magically hovering in the air. My Modern Met writes that the town of Ísafjörður is still trying out the design to see if they love it enough to paint it across more crosswalks in town.
Photos show how the three-dimensional blocks transform the view of the pristine city into an almost otherworldly appearance. Even if they only decide to keep the design at one crosswalk, it will certainly become a photo-destination for anyone visiting or living in the small town. You really can’t ask for a more Instagrammable location!
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