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How’s My Traffic Control?


I love the simplicity of this Lego “Satisfaction Post” (满意柱) which apparently has been placed at an intersection in Shanghai to give passerby (pedestrians, presumably) a chance to offer feedback on how they think traffic is being controlled at that location.

The scheme is devilishly simple: Placing a red (!) ring on a peg is a thumbs-up, placing a blue means a thumbs down. The results are there for all to see (there’s also a suggestion box for written comments). A sign at the bottom says: “LEGO reminds you to please abide by traffic rules.”

(via PSFK.com)

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 8:31 am and is filed under Etc., Traffic Culture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “How’s My Traffic Control?”

  1. Grant Johnson, PE, PTOE Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 4:03 am

    I wonder what would keep a disgruntled activist from placing ALL the red tokens in the slot?

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