Meanwhile in England...
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
June 2, 2017 8:14pm CST
I was surfing through my facebook on break when I came across a post where a woman somewhere in England (it was on a BBC page, but I can't recall which one) used a hairy dryer as a radar / speed detecting gun.
It was showing how people started to slow down when she pointed the hair dryer at them. 
The only problem is.. How long is that going to last? Forget the fact that it's now on major news sources, people are going to start to realize it's just a hair dryer. Then people are going to start talking.
"Hey mate, you travel down Old Toll Road, yeah? Well there's an old biddy down that way that stands in her front yard with a hair dryer... Don't pay her any mind."
Not to mention, you usually follow habits. A person who travels down that road, most likely does so all the time. Either to go to the store or to work.. .
I just wonder why the police haven't caught on to her.. and if they have, why they haven't done anything about it.
That's impersonating an officer.. Even if she was just in a romper.. (I think you guys call them "playsuits")
The only problem is.. How long is that going to last? Forget the fact that it's now on major news sources, people are going to start to realize it's just a hair dryer. Then people are going to start talking.
"Hey mate, you travel down Old Toll Road, yeah? Well there's an old biddy down that way that stands in her front yard with a hair dryer... Don't pay her any mind."
Not to mention, you usually follow habits. A person who travels down that road, most likely does so all the time. Either to go to the store or to work.. .
I just wonder why the police haven't caught on to her.. and if they have, why they haven't done anything about it.
That's impersonating an officer.. Even if she was just in a romper.. (I think you guys call them "playsuits")
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
4 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum It would immediately worry most drivers who were speeding.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
4 Jun 17
@Asylum I hadn't thought of first reaction, but you are right.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Yes, exactly that. Though, as I said before, I imagine it was more out of incredulity than the fear of a traffic citation.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
4 Jun 17
Can't be smarter about something, if you aren't aware of the problem. Unless you are inferring that the police should just use hair dryers themselves... It would be cheaper.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Maybe the officers get a laugh out of her holding a hair dryer to get people to think she is the real deal.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
3 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I would worry about someone pulling over and getting abusive with the poor woman.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Maybe so. They also might figure that it's effective, and takes some strain off of their workload.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
3 Jun 17
She is crazy huh?
lol pretty dang funny but yeah..people will catch on to her.
One would think yes, that is impersonation.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
The sad thing is, I don't think that's the first time someone has done that. Something in the back of my mind says I've seen that before. It might have just been on a movie, but it's not original.
I do understand, in theory, what she's trying to do.. It's just.. not exactly the way to do it. She is more the "talk of the town" than she is anything else.
The people that slowed down in the image I saw? Might have been slowing down more for the camera crews than for the crazy woman with the hair dryer.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
3 Jun 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes could have been the camera crews making them slow too haha
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView
But hey, maybe her five minutes of fame will have people re-evaluating the speed limit through there and / or having cops monitor the roads through there more...
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Amusing the internet : The Bonus.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
3 Jun 17
I think what she's doing is perfectly legal.
Even if she's standing there in a full on fake police uniform that's ok.
If she actually says she is a police officer that's where the problems start as that is illegal.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Yes I hadn't really thought that through...
I guess we'll have to see if her doing this gets any police to actually sit and clock how fast people are going through that area.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Jun 17
I don't think she would or could be charged with impersonating an officer. It was the drivers chose to slow down. She didn't have a uniform on or anything. Just pointing something doesn't really constitute a crime. I think a good lawyer could get her off if she is even charged.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
I am sure you are right. I didn't think about that. She wasn't trying to detain anyone, just stop them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Really quite. Made me think of a Granny Clampett type.
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