Dancing policeman
For the past 23 years, police officer Tony Lepore has been coming out of retirement to direct traffic on Rhode Island, Massachusetts. The 60-year-old ex-warden spends each Christmas directing drivers...
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How to protest road tolls in China: pay in coppers
In protest of increasing and frequently placed road tolls in China, a couple of drivers thought they'd put a fork in the system by paying their charge in copper coins. It took so many guards so long to...
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Moscovites fed up with "fat cat" convoys blocking roads
Frustrated by increasing numbers of official corteges blocking traffic - including ambulances and fire engines - for up to 20 minutes, one Muscovite web user decided to film the practice on his mobile...
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Watch this video and you'll never moan about the traffic again
These images were filmed by a CCTV camera at a crossroads in Shanghai. The traffic is chaotic to the extreme. It might be funny for us, but for the authorities, who will be welcoming 70 million...
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Caught jumping the lights? Nothing a bit of cash can't sort out...
Traffic violations often go unnoticed in Russia but, if you do get stopped, it's much less hassle to hand over a bit of cash than to file a report and take it to court. While you might get away with...
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Road rage against self-declared VIP in Moscow
About a thousand officials in Russia have the right to use flashing lights on their cars. But many more use it without being allowed, and blatantly ignore traffic rules, driving on the wrong side of...
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If the bigwigs use flashing lights, the Moscovites will use blue buckets
The Moscow movement against self-declared VIPs - or bureaucrats who use flashing lights illegally to evade traffic queues - is growing in strength. On Sunday, two hundred Moscovites took to the...
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Reporting drivers on Facebook
A police officer driving without a helmet runs the red light. Photo posted on Facebook by Dinesh Chander August 2, 2010. New Delhi only has about 5,000 traffic police officers for the 12 million...
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Uganda’s motorbike taxis: a speedy way … to get yourself killed
Some 32 percent of the deaths on Ugandan roads take place on a motorbike or scooter. And yet, for locals and tourists alike, the country's No. 1 form of transport is the "boda boda", or motorbike...
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David Beckham photo sparks debate about road safety in Vietnam
Football star David Beckham paid a relatively low-key visit to Vietnam in November, to launch his new scotch whisky brand Haig Club.
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