Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 6 (UPI) -- Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, announced the use of cardboard images of a policeman pointing a radar gun at oncoming traffic. Staff Sgt. Ralph Pauw said even if drivers realize it's just a cutout cop, they won't know for sure if there's a real officer concealed behind it, the Vancouver Sun reported Friday. Advertisement Pauw said at a news conference that in brief field tests earlier this week "a tow-truck driver pulled up and started talking to it," the report said. The sergeant said the fakes would initially be deployed on Knight Street, which is notorious for speeding and traffic fatalities. Knight Street has a 30 mph limit, but police have ticketed motorists for driving at 70 mph along the street, and the average ticket is for 50 mph, Pauw said. Similar tactics have been used in Texas, where fake police cars are placed in speeding zones, and several years ago state conservation officials in West Virginia used a robotic deer to track poachers.
