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Posters of Angry Eyes Actually Scare Off Bike Thieves
A British experiment showed that images of eyes reduced the amount of stolen bikes in certain locations by 62 percent.
Who said Big Brother's always a bad thing?
In England, researchers studying the psychology of surveillance recently discovered that putting posters of glaring eyes above bike racks seemed to ward off thieves. It was no small effect, either: In the three racks they monitored, the number of stolen cycles went down by an incredible 62 percent. There is a big caveat to their findings, though, which we'll get to in a minute.