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Czech towns' ploy to stop speeders: Cops in miniskirts

Authorities say that life-sized cardboards of female police officers in miniskirts placed alongside roads have managed to slow down speeding drivers in several central Czech towns.
A cardboard police women officer in a mini skirt is displayed to slow down traffic in the village of Myslotin, central Czech Republic on Thursday.
A cardboard police women officer in a mini skirt is displayed to slow down traffic in the village of Myslotin, central Czech Republic on Thursday.Petr David Josek / AP
/ Source: The Associated Press

Authorities say that life-sized cardboards of female police officers in miniskirts placed alongside roads have managed to slow down speeding drivers in several central Czech towns.

The mayor of the town of Mrakotin, Miroslav Pozar, said Thursday drivers, including him, automatically slow down when they see such officers.

Pozar dismissed allegations this was because the drivers want to look at the officer's legs, rather than her uniform.

In nearby Myslotin, a local radio recently provided a hat and an anorak to help such officer get warm, but they were stolen in a day.

Others made it away with the cardboard officer itself.