Illustration - Bike - Paris

Illustration - Bike - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 4TH ARRONDISSEMENT. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. TRAFFIC JAM FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINEINSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Bike - Paris

Illustration - Bike - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 4TH ARRONDISSEMENT. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. TRAFFIC JAM FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINEINSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Bike - Paris

Illustration - Bike - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 4TH ARRONDISSEMENT. PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. TRAFFIC JAM FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINEINSTALLATION OF BARRIERS ALONG THE QUAYS OF THE SEINE Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Floating Traffic Barriers Turn Flooded Street Into Surreal Parade in Qingdao

On June 15, 2025, in Qingdao, Shandong, bright orange traffic barriers were seen drifting down a flooded street like boats. Torrential rain had turned the road into a shallow river, sending the barriers—usually used to manage traffic—floating and bumping into each other. Bystanders laughed and filmed the surreal scene as the barriers bobbed gently in the water, resembling a slow-moving parade. The video ended with the barriers continuing their odd journey downstream.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Security tightened in Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Police officers watch over a road with traffic barriers near the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

Safe vehicle devised for physically handicapped

Safe vehicle devised for physically handicapped

TOKYO, Japan - An official of InfoCom Research Inc., an independent administrative entity, drives a new vehicle for physically handicapped and elderly people in a public road test March 13. The four-wheeled, electric vehicle, dubbed the Intelligent City Walker (ICW), is equipped with various IT features, such as infrared and ultrasonic sensors, which allow it to receive traffic information from cameras fixed to electric poles and other sites and then automatically avoid barriers. InfoCom will continue studies in a bid to make the whole ICW system available for less than 500,000 yen by 2005.

3 killed, 32 injured in motorway accident in NW Türkiye

STORY: 3 killed, 32 injured in motorway accident in NW Türkiye DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the accident site 2. various of the flipped bus 3. various of the rescuers STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and 32 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident on a motorway in northwestern Türkiye, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. Among the injured are two in serious condition, while 27 people still receiving treatment, Koca tweeted. The accident occurred when a passenger bus crashed into the barriers on the Ankara-Istanbul highway and overturned, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The Istanbul direction of the highway was temporarily closed to lift the bus with a crane, said the report. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV)

Safe vehicle devised for physically handicapped

Safe vehicle devised for physically handicapped

TOKYO, Japan - An official of InfoCom Research Inc., an independent administrative entity, drives a new vehicle for physically handicapped and elderly people in a public road test March 13. The four-wheeled, electric vehicle, dubbed the Intelligent City Walker (ICW), is equipped with various IT features, such as infrared and ultrasonic sensors, which allow it to receive traffic information from cameras fixed to electric poles and other sites and then automatically avoid barriers. InfoCom will continue studies in a bid to make the whole ICW system available for less than 500,000 yen by 2005.