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07-21-2016, 05:52 AM
'Graham' is the interactive face of road trauma - and it's **t pretty
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Though staying safe on the road is a universal concern, it took a distinct contemporary artist from Australia to bring the issue to life so literally.
Meet Graham (http://www.meetgraham.com.au/). He's a little different. With a bulbous head, gnarly feet and many 'a nipple, he's a visual representation of what humans would look like if they had evolved to withstand car crashes.*
SEE ALSO: What the fatal Tesla Autopilot crash means for driverless cars (http://mashable.com/2016/07/01/tesla-autopilot-crash-analysis/)
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Image: transport accident commission
So who's to blame for the aberration that is Graham? Along with acclaimed artist Patricia Piccinini (http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/) (the inventor of the infamous Sky Whale (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-**-its-a-skywhale/4679676)), a leading trauma surgeon and a car crash investigator worked on the project, commissioned by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) as part of their Toward Zero road safety campaign.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/graham-face-road-trauma/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Though staying safe on the road is a universal concern, it took a distinct contemporary artist from Australia to bring the issue to life so literally.
Meet Graham (http://www.meetgraham.com.au/). He's a little different. With a bulbous head, gnarly feet and many 'a nipple, he's a visual representation of what humans would look like if they had evolved to withstand car crashes.*
SEE ALSO: What the fatal Tesla Autopilot crash means for driverless cars (http://mashable.com/2016/07/01/tesla-autopilot-crash-analysis/)
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/RVhvtzUQAv-LQohNpgaXFLZeQYQ=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F151785%2Fr0_0_2000_1396_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
Image: transport accident commission
So who's to blame for the aberration that is Graham? Along with acclaimed artist Patricia Piccinini (http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/) (the inventor of the infamous Sky Whale (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-09/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-**-its-a-skywhale/4679676)), a leading trauma surgeon and a car crash investigator worked on the project, commissioned by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) as part of their Toward Zero road safety campaign.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/graham-face-road-trauma/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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