Cardboard Children Used To Slow Neighborhood Speeders

[The Straight Story]

Cardboard Children Used To Slow Neighborhood Speeders
Homeowners Associations Calling To Buy Children


A family in West Salem, Ohio, is using life-sized cardboard children placed near oncoming traffic to slow speeders in their neighborhood.

Mike Wood and his wife said their homemade cutout children make them feel uneasy at times because they look so real but said they force motorists to slow down.

"First when (motorists) saw them, it scared them that the kids were so close to the road," Woods said. "And they thought why are they letting their kids play next to the road like that?"

The Woods family house is on the fringe of town so many drivers have a tough time slowing down to 35 mph.



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[BlooInBloo]

1. Heh! I like it! Only worry is boy-cried-wolf syndrome.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

2. I agree---some idiot that hits a child will just drive away and claim

he/she thought it was cardboard.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Here's a cardboard cutout they can put right in the middle of the street.

Only it may not slow any drivers down.



And it's only $29!! http://www.partywedding.com/acc/viewprod.asp?prodID=6266#

[TomInTib]

5. Now that is danged funny! nt

[Raine]

6. LOL

I like that idea. :evilgrin:

[Demeter]

7. It Sure Wouldn't Slow ME Down!

Except I'd be circling the block for hours, getting in as many blows as possible before I ran out of gas...

[TomInTib]

4. I'm waiting to hear about them being stolen by some local pervs.

That is one weird practice.

But, hey, if it works....

[momster]

8. Hello? Brake Pedal?

"The Woods family house is on the fringe of town so many drivers have a tough time slowing down to 35 mph." Yeah, 'cause that brake pedal is so-o-o-o far away from the gas.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Where can I buy a cardboard car?

[MrPrax]

10. too much effort...

Speeders in a residential neighbourhood?

Just shoot out the windshield...simple. The body and car are sold; the proceeds go to improve local parks, bike paths, public transit...

(yeah, I'm kidding...sorta)

[RB TexLa]

11. One crawling in diapers toward the road would be more effective

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. With a cardboard cut out of David Vitter in hot pursuit.

[RB TexLa]

13. No, just make them think a baby is crawling out into the road.

[soothsayer]

14. easy shopping for pedophiles. look who's in THIS house.

[RB TexLa]

15. They already have that with the names and baseball or cheerleader thing on the back of the minivan

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. road humps?

road humps seem to work around here. You just CANNOT go fast or you lose your suspension on your car!

[The Straight Story]

18. We have road dips here, jack you up quick

If you go fast the front part of your car eats pavement. Back east we had road bumps which we bad enough, but these things are wicked.

[Canuckistanian]

17. Too bad we couldn't use...

... cardboard Senators with subpoenas in their hands for the White House!

[Raejeanowl]

19. The Guy in #3

Already has those for recreational drives out on the ranch. And Cheney has a few for rifle practice.