January 13, 2007
Speed Control
Just for the record, I have not seen this latest traffic control scheme by the Danish Road Safety Council in action (but I don't get out that much these days.) I actually found out about it from a colleague of mine in Paris, who was asking me about it and bitching about the lack of creativity of the French traffic cops.
I'm still not convinced that this isn't some kind of pisstake. If it's a guerilla marketing campaign though, they've done it very subtly because I'm not seeing what product they could be hawking (unless it's the Danish tourism bureau that's behind it all).
But I suppose it could be real. The Danes are practical by nature, and refreshingly free of moralistic hangups compared to most of middle America (thank fox). I wouldn't put it past them.
Here's the site with the newscast my French friend sent me - the report named, somewhat dubiously, "Spotlight on the world." Speed Bandits
Posted by case at January 13, 2007 02:41 PMHeh, thanks for the heads-up. Just when the taxes and lack of music starts to get to me, Denmark goes and does something like this...
Posted by: Case at January 15, 2007 07:46 PMYo Pete,
Happy new Year - this is real. Well, it's a piss take in the sense that the 'news item' is fake but it is all part of a speed campaign by the road safety people. Filmed on Amagerbrogade,
Bren