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by Nicola Shepherd
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A GIANT photograph is causing a storm in the Scottish town of Stirling. The council has decided to liven up an ugly, prefabricated concrete wall, above a busy road junction, with a photograph measuring 850 square metres.
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Mortoring organisations, the AA and RAC have lambasted the proposal, saying it will cause traffic chaos, and possibly fatal accidents, as drivers are distracted by the size and content of the photograph. One proposal is to have a photo of every Stirling resident as part of a massive collage of faces.
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ROSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, says it�is the location that gives cause for concern. Spokesman, Michael McDonald, said, 'Striking displays of art have been used on long, boring stretches of road such as the M8 corridor, but in the�centre of� town drivers need to be alert to the potential dangers all the time.'
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The Wonderbra poster advertising campaign, featuring a pouting Eva Herzigova showing off her assets, was know to have caused a number of traffic shunts in London and elsewhere. It was eventually withdrawn as a result.
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But, if the scheme goes ahead it will certainly secure Stirling's place on the map of world firsts in art, as the photograph, it is thought,�would be the biggest ever produced anywhere.
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It will join the rarefied company of other similar world records: