@whybuiltlab: Driving over this road marker actually CLEANS it. 🤯 The car that looks like it’s crushing the reflector is part of what keeps it working. #engineering #howthingswork #mechanism #Science #learnontiktok #DidYouKnow #technology

karl :

Wait Katseye is… British?

B :

hey did you get those photos printed

CertiLucas09 :

You forgot to also say it collects rain water to help clean it

elle :

nope and 90% of these real cats eyes have been unfortunately replace with reflective dots which are absolutely rubbish

nachoz012 :

I bet the city mayor gets a nice cut from the yearly maintenance on these

Ukpemeobong Creaciones :

What cleans the rubber wipers? 🌝

kā :

I always get annoyed by cat eyes that are covered in rubber and dirt it just sits there with no function

Gibbo :

probably cheaper to just clean them once a year

DarrensWheeler :

Invented by Percy Shaw, later OBE.

Bd79🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪 :

the road paint already glows..?

SharpCurv3s :

How cool if our roads collected energy from cars going over things like this, but bigger, and only in spots that absorbed pressure energy, but didn’t increase energy output from the car, like on the other side of speed humps

cloudrak :

now they're just crappy plastic reflectors that fall off

ianexarmy :

what a load of crap you shouldent be driveing over the cats eyes that meens your driveing on the white line

Chris Bailey :

They fill up with rain water too, to wash

₊ J@yden ₊ :

That’s gotta be expensive for every single one they build

Some Girl :

lol the markings in Germany can already glow when there's light but idk since when

Bricky :

They would only last 10k pushes then the wear and tear is too great to self clean anymore

Carter Davis🫨 :

Red stone irl

Michelle :

Josh Thompson :

That a lie

Manofculture81 :

Who drives on the line?

josephwhollis :

My toxic trait is that I used to steal cats eyes from roads as a kid… 😂😂😂

Jon Bevan :

The uk always goes for the cheapest option, there’s no way they paid for the small rubbers to clean

derbi70ital :

Ok but nobody drives next to the road so what’s the plan then

AISLOP :

I love engineering ⚙️