Traffic police in Thanh Hoa city, Vietnam, have resorted to a novel, if extreme, way of tackling speeding motorcyclists, according to reports
If a rider fails to stop, the police hurl a fishing net wrapped around a brick to bring the bike to a stop.
According to Vietnamnet.vn, police officers and 150 ‘night watchmen’ in the city are using the nets in areas where bikes have been seen racing or riding dangerously.
Carrot or stick?
The idea is radically different to the thinking behind Kevin Richardson’s idea for ‘speed camera gambling’ – a concept that last year won the Fun Theory Award.
| The idea involves a combines a conventional speed camera and an automatic speed indicator, which flashes up a motorist’s speed as they approach. Speeding motorists are photographed and subsequently fined in the usual way, but a percentage of the fine goes towards a lottery prize fund which is automatically entered by all those motorists who pass the camera at a speed within the limit. |
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