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As it is the law in many countries that a person stood at a pedestrian crossing has right of way over the vehicles on the road, introducing your very own portable pedestrian crossing!
Like a carpet roll, the black and white road markings of a UK zebra crossing, that when you want to cross a road you
roll out in front of you, like your own red carpet!
You just gotta love unusefulness.
http://www.google.c...gu+portable+parking
Fifth hit down. [2 fries shy of a happy meal, May 23 2009]
This what you meant, 2 fries?
http://www.chindogu...hindogu/chin10.html
[21 Quest, May 23 2009]
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Wouldn't this be kinda heavy for a pedestrian to pack around? I applaud the effort, and it's a great concept, but it would have to be about 3 feet wide, and depending on the roads in your area, at least 20 feet long, and that'll only get you over residential streets in my town, where pedestrian crossings aren't needed anyway. Some of the main roads have 3-4 lanes going each direction. At about 10 feet per lane, to cross a road with 2 lanes each way you're looking at about 40 feet. It would also have to be made of pretty durable material to keep from ripping (asphalt's pretty abrasive) and a heavy material to keep it from flapping around in the wind and becoming a road hazard. This thing would be heavy. Very heavy. [-] |
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paper is pretty light and it folds down - er, how many times? oh well a roll of wallpaper is pretty light. |
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then again, carrying a tin of white paint and a brush would be fairly cool. |
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I was going to say welcome findus, I like your fingers but I see you been here ages... |
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Paper tears easily. And it flaps in the wind, making it impossible to keep flat long enough to cross. |
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21, don't you ever say anything positive these days? - hmmm might start calling you 21bot! |
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// I see you been here ages...// probably waiting to cross the road. (I have my own solution to this - see separate "Chicken Crossing" idea shortly.) |
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why did the fish fingers cross the road? how strange... |
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I seem to be expected to jump up and down and scream "Yippee!" at every idea that gets posted here. What's the point of having a vote if I'm going to be ostracized for using it? I've voted [+] for several ideas recently, with positive, encouraging comments. Yet nobody seems to have noticed those ones. What gives? |
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never mind the + - its the words that matter...
actually you are not expected to do anything - go smell the roses! |
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//why did the fish fingers cross the road?// the start of a fishy tale |
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//Why did the fish fingers cross the road?//
Digital evolution?
<hangs head in shame> |
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As to the idea. I likes, but I'm afraid it was Chindogu-ed some time ago. [link] |
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Yup... definitely Baked by a Chingdo-gooder. |
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A highly respected anthropological study* has shown that, despite the ultimate authority of [jutta], the half-bakery has at any given time exactly one (1) alpha male, who inevitably experiences his own little social/emotional micro-climate while in post. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but may mess with his head somewhat. Anyhow, relax and smell [po]'s roses. |
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*not actually written yet, and therefore impossible to rebut |
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That last sentence (before the star) sounds so wrong... |
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Might be implemented with a pan/tilt paintball plotter contraption that is able to mark the street while it is in use. |
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First, attach sponges to the world's widest clown shoes. Soak them in whitewash. Then, heels together and... frog-hop! |
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Hmm... Belisha beacons anyone? |
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