women carry speed limit signs to help at accident blackspot

britexpat
By britexpat

 

As ideas go, this one is a doozie:

 

 A group of topless women have been employed by a Russian village to help out at an accident blackspot.

Carrying 60km and 40km speed limit signs, it is hoped they will raise enough awareness to cut the country’s high death toll on the roads – 30,000 a year.

It has been found that ‘most speeding drivers, the majority of whom happened to be men, slowed down to admire the female road safety assistants.’

No cars crashed because of distraction during the initiative.

One of the models who stripped off for the experiment said: ‘Our drivers usually do not slow down when they pass a village or a settlement even though their are speed limit signs by the road.

So we have to make them do it.’

A male driver said: ‘It’s super thing, amazing. I’d like to see more of this by the road, and yes I looked at speed limit sign this time. It will teach other drivers too.’

Igor Mikhailushkin, head of the regional police press service in Nizhny Novgorod region, where the experiment took place, said: ‘We have organised similar installations this  and last year trying to make the drivers obey the speed limit.

So, Can this work in other countries ?

By Molten Metal• 9 Sep 2016 12:19
Molten Metal

Mufti, Make your mind what actually do you need , you are trying to travel in two boats today ............. !

By Molten Metal• 9 Sep 2016 12:17
Molten Metal

No, yes, no.

By britexpat• 8 Sep 2016 21:00
britexpat

Yes , there are double standards in the name of modesty and protection

By Mufti Shahid• 8 Sep 2016 17:10
Mufti Shahid

Misogyny and nothing else.

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 16:47
Wild Turkey

A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has given the death penalty to a man for throwing acid at a woman at a busy railway station. He attacked her because she had rejected his proposal to marry him. [BBC] And I bet this idiot believes he's done nothing wrong!!

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 16:45
Wild Turkey

Aren't men doing the same all the time? Posing with their Ferrari? Showing off with their money? Exposing themselves to ...? Attract the other gender. So, they can do it? And the women cannot? Which idiot says that? One who is afraid to lose his 'property'. If he were good enough his woman would not even think of leaving him. She would stay without force!

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 16:42
Wild Turkey

Women should dress modest? Why? Because men will be tempted. Oh, what a poor group of humanimals those men are.

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 16:41
Wild Turkey

With "us"? No, with the sick men who pretend to be the guardians of everything in life, elders of a village, religious leaders, and even politicians in some countries. It's all meant to control their 'property' because they are such weak individuals that they are afraid to lose their property when someone better comes along. It reminds me a lot of the behavior of animals!

By Mufti Shahid• 8 Sep 2016 16:40
Mufti Shahid

And the other aspect of morality in eastern countries are corruption, illiteracy. high infant mortality rate, food adulteration, religious extremism, lack of women rights, suppression of minorities etc .

By Mufti Shahid• 8 Sep 2016 16:32
Mufti Shahid

WT . The problem with us is that we boast about morality, infact it is not but a tool to control a particular gender. While men can have hair cut, go swimming shirtless, have face uncovered, can drive etc but a women is denied all this in the name of morality.

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 16:22
Wild Turkey

In "the eastern" counties women are objects and properties, Mufti.

By Mufti Shahid• 8 Sep 2016 13:33
Mufti Shahid

And in the eastern countries men can pose shirtless without any problem. Why not have same parameters for both the genders. It is not but misogyny.

By Wild Turkey• 8 Sep 2016 13:22
Wild Turkey

In 2013, an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. - who cares about 30,000 dying from over-speeding?

By Molten Metal• 8 Sep 2016 12:34
Molten Metal

Brit, It is POSSIBLE ............ ........... it is possible ........ you will need to rise up to understand it ............... .....

By britexpat• 8 Sep 2016 12:26
britexpat

I'm confused .. "Men will always look at women either dressed or not .. "

Surely that accounts for 100%

So how can you have an exception

By Molten Metal• 8 Sep 2016 12:18
Molten Metal

Men will always look at women either dressed or not with the exception of one out of ten million who is a spiritual soul ..... would be above 70 years atleast .......

By Rizks• 8 Sep 2016 11:12
Rizks

Lol britey, ya ya I remember tat day !

We slowed down so much that the cars behind started flashing and hornking at us and we were giving them blank stare...:)

oh and not to forget, when we saw Chin Tu Fat in the next round about we almost braked....:)

By britexpat• 8 Sep 2016 10:34
britexpat

I remember Rizks and I cruising down the corniche and we saw Formatted Soul jogging .... We slowed down immediately and made sure we drove under the speed limit

By acchabaccha• 8 Sep 2016 10:21
acchabaccha

Rizks: Ha! Ha! Yup, you are right!

By britexpat• 8 Sep 2016 10:20
britexpat

acchabaccha: You and I should visit a few choice spots in Doha together..

Rizks: They could use plenty of sun cream and wear a hat

By Rizks• 8 Sep 2016 10:06
Rizks

In middle east countries its not possible, coz of the harsh climate....:(

By Rizks• 8 Sep 2016 10:05
Rizks

"it is hoped they will raise enough awareness"... instead of raising awareness something else will arouse....:(

By acchabaccha• 8 Sep 2016 09:48
acchabaccha

No one would bother to even look let alone slow down. In the east ALL ladies are modestly dressed!

By britexpat• 8 Sep 2016 09:43
britexpat

OK .. How about just using modestly dressed ladies to slow down the drivers

By acchabaccha• 8 Sep 2016 09:24
acchabaccha

No, it cannot.

Such acts can only be thought of in countries such as the one mentioned in the post. Or in similar countries where the culture permits nudity on the streets, nightclubs, beaches and gardens,. In many eastern and African countries, century-old customs and traditions do not allow for women to show off their "assets" to everyone. And religion has nothing to do with this! Call these countries "backward" if you wish, but they are still far better in many ways.

Women, and their beauty, is valued in eastern countries and countries in Africa and exposing all of it is unacceptable in every way.

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