Comments on: London’s Very Cool “Look Out for Cyclists” Ad http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Painters London http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-51790 Painters London Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:36:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-51790 gecko maybe. this is better gecko maybe. this is better

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46151 gecko Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:08:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46151 Maybe there should be a similar marketing campaign in Iraq to mitigate the violence. In any case many cylists and pedestrians remain in harm's way. Maybe there should be a similar marketing campaign in Iraq to mitigate the violence.

In any case many cylists and pedestrians remain in harm's way.

]]> By: Eric http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46107 Eric Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:50:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46107 I actually reloaded the spot and watched from the start to make sure that the bear really was there from the beginning. Well done. And waaaay better than anything that ran during the Super Bowl. If it gets people to think, it's a good thing. I actually reloaded the spot and watched from the start to make sure that the bear really was there from the beginning. Well done. And waaaay better than anything that ran during the Super Bowl.

If it gets people to think, it's a good thing.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46088 gecko Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:07:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46088 Oh well. This is a marketing thing. Pretty pix; cute ideas. Not clear how many lives will be saved. Safe civil and industrial design broadly implemented will provide the solutions. Everything else is playing games. Oh well. This is a marketing thing. Pretty pix; cute ideas. Not clear how many lives will be saved.

Safe civil and industrial design broadly implemented will provide the solutions.

Everything else is playing games.

]]> By: John http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46059 John Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:48:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46059 The concept illustrated in the video is called "change blindness" and originally featured not a bear, but a gorilla. I wrote about it a couple years back: http://www.bikeyear.org/2005/08/need-more-gorillas.html The concept illustrated in the video is called "change blindness" and originally featured not a bear, but a gorilla. I wrote about it a couple years back:

http://www.bikeyear.org/2005/08/need-more-gorillas.html

]]> By: Towley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46055 Towley Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:23:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46055 "Nowhere is cooler than NYC, we're the capital of the world." Now that statement is pretty damn funny!!! "Nowhere is cooler than NYC, we're the capital of the world."

Now that statement is pretty damn funny!!!

]]> By: Heffron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46053 Heffron Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:22:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46053 Nowhere is cooler than NYC, we're the capital of the world. That commercial is pretty damn funny though. And I learned something, bears can dance, but not well. Nowhere is cooler than NYC, we're the capital of the world. That commercial is pretty damn funny though. And I learned something, bears can dance, but not well.

]]> By: A Non http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46051 A Non Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:07:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46051 Yet another reason London is cooler than NYC. Yet another reason London is cooler than NYC.

]]> By: Heffron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46049 Heffron Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:05:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46049 That was awesome. DoT take note, humor sells. That was awesome. DoT take note, humor sells.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-46047 ddartley Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/londons-very-cool-look-out-for-cyclists-ad/#comment-46047 Greatest thing ever in the history of television. Only sort of kidding. Greatest thing ever in the history of television. Only sort of kidding.

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