12 Clever Curbside Haiku Posters

As a cute way to promote pedestrian and cyclist safety, New York City is planting over 200 of these nicely illustrated bits of poetry at busy intersections. Hopefully pedestrians and cyclists aren't so distracted by artist John Morse's cleverness they ironically cause an accident.

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Translation:

Door of the cab

Open to the cyclist.

A hard break.

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Tranlsation:

Blind cars

Communicate in Braille.

Brutal closing.

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