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The Outremont borough is trying out 3D crosswalks at the intersection of Bernard and Champagneur Aves., aiming to reduce accidents that involve pedestrians by encouraging drivers to slow down.

Two crosswalks were painted in white, black and shades of grey on Tuesday, designed to create an optical illusion that the crosswalks’ white bars are elevated.

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“It’s something that’s been done in Europe. Apparently we’re the first in Quebec and Canada to actually do it, so it’s going to be interesting to see if, statistically, it actually does reduce the number of accidents,” said Mindy Pollak, an Outremont borough councillor.

Valérie Patreau, an Outremont councillor, said the borough chose that corner because there have been three severe accidents there involving pedestrians over the past 10 years. Patreau defined a severe accident as one where the people involved needed to go to a hospital.