@lgsp @mondoman712 I remember my preschool having a big stack of cardboard bricks to build with. Maybe they still have those in toy stores?
I am doing this. I have to walk along a narrow pavement next to a road to get to the nearest bus stop. During a rain it has many puddles and I’ve been splashed on many occasions. Will be making a foam brick next week.
Looks to me like a lot of them are slowing down to see what kind of performance art he’s doing. Even the bus driver pointed at him in curiosity. Admittedly, there are also a lot of them swerving away from the puddle in a moment of sudden awareness, or just swerving away from him in a moment of fear.
There may be some aspect of attention-grabbing that would work no matter what was in his hand. People see so many umbrellas on a rainy day that it barely registers, but if you hold anything at all that’s eye-catching, you’ll pop up in their conscious attention and they’ll treat you like a person instead of a road hazard.
I mean, if it works it works, but I think it would be less effective if a lot of people did it. “Oh, I’ve seen this one, he never actually throws the brick.”
I mean, if it works it works, but I think it would be less effective if a lot of people did it. “Oh, I’ve seen this one, he never actually throws the brick.”
seems easily solved by having at least some people actually throw it when called for
It’s a “mature” version of “crossing flags” that are a not uncommon sight in Japan near school zones:
If they’re anything like the ones in Korea, they hire someone to be there during busy times, and whenever someone wants to cross, the person steps out with the flag and stops traffic. Usually in school zones.
Amazing how America has to have the threat of damage to property to get people to not run over pedestrians, while Japan just has a little flag to increase visibility.
America is sick.
I hate going there because of all the fucking idiots in their dumb cars stinking up the place.
That whole place is a wasted opportunity for a pedestrian zone. It would be so nice if they’d kept the temporary tram line from the Olympics and banned personal vehicles.
No doubt this is partly making fun of this idiotic idea.
I think you’re right and Strong Towns just tested out that theory. Spoiler: it did not work. I really hope they try it again with the brick.
I remember this as part of a short comic strip, with a family sitting in a car being scared. I can’t find the whole original, do you know where I can find it?
There’s a bunch of them here: https://www.theonion.com/opinion/cartoons
This might be the one you’re thinking of: https://www.theonion.com/congested-values-1819590506