Police use nets to catch speeding motorcyclists

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.