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Undercover Bird Feeder Slows Crime In Its Tracks [Undercover]
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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2094032" data-attributes="member: 246624"><p><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_undercoverbirdfeeder.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Retired police officer Bill Angus hates speeding almost as much as he loves birds. So he did what any reasonable person would do: design a feeder that looks exactly like a <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/speedcamera/" target="_blank">speed camera</a>, and mount it in his front yard.</p><p></p><p>And it seems to be working! At least, the slowing traffic part; there's no word on how birds have taken to it yet:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Mr Angus insists - without so much as a hint of a smile - that the effect on speeders is no more than a happy coincidence.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">'Why does everyone think it's a fake speed camera?' he asked.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">'It's a bird box and has been designed this way to stop people stealing it. It's a bright colour, too, to attract the blue tits and finches. Since I have put it up, the traffic is keeping to 30mph. If people want to think it is a camera, that is a matter for themselves.'</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_birdfeeder2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It may not have the same vigilante cachet as, say, Batman, but bonus points for creativity. And although it's sneaky, I'd much prefer a birdhouse that looks like a <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/speedtrap/" target="_blank">speed trap</a> than a speed trap disguised as a birdhouse. [<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252690/Retired-police-officer-fools-motorists-slowing-building-bird-box-looks-like-speed-camera.html" target="_blank">Daily Mail UK</a> via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/21/bird-feeder-is-a-fake-speed-camera/" target="_blank">Neatorama</a>]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a><img src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:H0mrP-F8Qgo" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:yIl2AUoC8zA" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:D7DqB2pKExk" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:D7DqB2pKExk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:V_sGLiPBpWU" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:V_sGLiPBpWU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></p><p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/ItYkKkh203U" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2094032, member: 246624"] [IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_undercoverbirdfeeder.jpg[/IMG]Retired police officer Bill Angus hates speeding almost as much as he loves birds. So he did what any reasonable person would do: design a feeder that looks exactly like a [URL="http://gizmodo.com/tag/speedcamera/"]speed camera[/URL], and mount it in his front yard. And it seems to be working! At least, the slowing traffic part; there's no word on how birds have taken to it yet: [INDENT]Mr Angus insists - without so much as a hint of a smile - that the effect on speeders is no more than a happy coincidence. 'Why does everyone think it's a fake speed camera?' he asked. 'It's a bird box and has been designed this way to stop people stealing it. It's a bright colour, too, to attract the blue tits and finches. Since I have put it up, the traffic is keeping to 30mph. If people want to think it is a camera, that is a matter for themselves.' [/INDENT][IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_birdfeeder2.jpg[/IMG]It may not have the same vigilante cachet as, say, Batman, but bonus points for creativity. And although it's sneaky, I'd much prefer a birdhouse that looks like a [URL="http://gizmodo.com/tag/speedtrap/"]speed trap[/URL] than a speed trap disguised as a birdhouse. [[URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252690/Retired-police-officer-fools-motorists-slowing-building-bird-box-looks-like-speed-camera.html"]Daily Mail UK[/URL] via [URL="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/21/bird-feeder-is-a-fake-speed-camera/"]Neatorama[/URL]] [URL="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1"][IMG]http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1[/IMG][/URL][IMG]http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226[/IMG][URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:H0mrP-F8Qgo"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:yIl2AUoC8zA"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:D7DqB2pKExk"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:D7DqB2pKExk[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:V_sGLiPBpWU"][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=ItYkKkh203U:4GRemjVm2lw:V_sGLiPBpWU[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/ItYkKkh203U[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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