Motorists in Cape Town may find themselves staring down cardboard cut-outs of traffic officers in the city, as officials continue to use the creative policing method to deter speeding.<\/p>\n
Road users took to social media to post footage of the police cut-outs, which according to the city’s traffic services spokesperson, have been in use since 2017.<\/p>\n
A similar tactic was used in Gauteng in 2017, when Arrive Alive posted pictures to social media of cardboard cut-outs of Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) traffic cars along sections of the N1 and N4 in Gauteng and surrounds.<\/p>\n
The TMPD said at the time that the initiative was undertaken by the Bakwena road agency \u2013 which operates sections of the N1 and N4 in Tshwane, Bela-Bela, Rustenburg, and Zeerust \u2013 to curb speeding during the Easter period.<\/p>\n
Many social media users responded positively to the initiative, saying it was a good way to slow down reckless and speeding drivers.<\/p>\n