Villagers in Fillongley, Warwickshire, found a creative way to call attention to speeding. They dressed handmade knitted figures in high-visibility vests and placed them like traffic officers near roads. The playful project was intended to encourage safer driving, although there is not yet evidence in the report that traffic speeds actually fell. It is an inventive community response to a serious issue.
A village knitted its own traffic police to slow drivers.
Residents of Fillongley, England, made life-sized knitted officer figures and pretend cameras to remind motorists to slow down.
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