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Feb. 26 Dummy cops slow speedsters in Japan.: Lifelike models of Japanese traffic policemen placed near zebra-crossings, intersections, and country roads, to deter traffic violators, and slow down speedsters, are found to be very effective, as they look so real to approaching drivers that he or she is uncertain if it is a live cop, of a dummy. Because of the uncertainty the pressure on the accelerator is lifted, and the car or trucks slows down, and that is the whole idea behind the dummy cop. On country roads, the dummy cop is sometimes placed in a half-concealed spot behind bushes on the side of the road, as though a police trap for speeders has been set-up, this little deceit is 99 percent effective in slowing vehicles, especially at night when the headlights pick out the half-concealed policeman. With an average of 47 person a day being killed in traffic accidents in Japan, the good-looking Japanese dummy cop, in his immaculate uniform and white gloves, is certainly helping to reduce the slaughter on the roads. Photo shows on of the dummy traffic policemen on duty in Kamakura, Japan

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