Cardboard Cops Take Over Traffic in Pflugerville- Seriously

October 9, 2007

cardboard-cutout.jpgLook up that hill- it’s a cop, it’s a cop with a radar… no, it’s a cardboard cut out of a cop with a radar!!!  This is no joke, y’all- in Pflugerville, it has been reported that the police department has implemented cardboard cutouts of officers pointing radars at traffic to slow things down. 

This has to be the most hilarious thing ever- we know that empty police cars parked on roadsides slow things down, but a cardboard cutout?  I bet that countless UT dorm rooms will soon be decorated with stolen cutouts- this is hilarious!  Great thinking, Pflugerville. 

I just hope that when we drive through and see your fake officers that we don’t swerve dangerously like we did last time we saw a cop standing away from his car with a radar and mistook him for a darkly dressed person with a gun attempting to shoot and kill drivers. 

Not only does it seem to be an unnecessary distraction, I think too many kids will be stealing them.  The solution seems to remain the empty patrol car or an officer inside a vehicle.  That said, we commend Pflugerville for attempting to control traffic in an effort to minimize danger.  Thanks for protecting us but no thanks to crazy cardboard cutouts- maybe international crime fighter Austin Powers can monitor traffic?

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One Response to “Cardboard Cops Take Over Traffic in Pflugerville- Seriously”

  1. Jay Thompson on October 10th, 2007 1:19 am

    Too funny. Reminds of the story in Austin (YEARS ago) where the cops set up fake deer by the side of the road. Then they hid in the woods and arrested all the people that stopped and shot at the fake deer….

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