I don't think I'm the only one who's often fooled by ersatz police cars. If a car has any kind of device or attachment on the roof (like a bike rack) I immediately think it's a cop car. I often panic, veer off the road, drive into a cornfield, and unload my cargo of bootleg Barry Manilow CDs and counterfeit Bibles before ditching my car in a nearby river. Then I murder a hobo and wear his face like a mask until I feel it's safe to be seen in public again.
Anyway, this billboard for a bank in Turkey where you can pay traffic tickets has a fake police car placed behind it so that drivers will instinctively slow down and see the billboard, which reads, "Pay your traffic tickets on time without waiting in line." I think it's a clever idea, and if I were a cop, I'd actually hide my patrol car behind the fake one. That would really mess with a person's head.









1. Thanks for making me laugh - it's a great way to keep my Monday moving along!
Posted at 5:15PM on Jan 29th 2007 by Jen