Instead of installing speed bumps to get drivers to slow down, a city in Iceland recently painted a “floating” pedestrian crossing on the street. The eye-popping optical illusion makes it seem as if the crosswalk is levitating a few inches off the ground. When they get nearer and nearer to this “floating” crosswalk, drivers naturally slow down.
A small town in Iceland created a “levitating” crosswalk to slow traffic
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