Maybe not, but this 11-year old has the makings of a civil servant one day. Upset about speeders, he decided to do something about it. He dressed up in a helmet and reflective vest, armed himself with a toy radar gun, and stood off to the side of the road measuring the speed of drivers coming down the road. Let me just post the article for you. It’s short, but to see a picture click on the link below. It’s also almost a week old, so you may have already read it. I just discovered it today, so tough. 🙂
Boy, 11, tracks speeders with toy radar gun
Wed Jul 16, 7:59 PM ET
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Police can’t be everywhere, so 11-year-old Landon Wilburn is on patrol in the Stone Lakes subdivision in Louisville. Landon told The Courier-Journal he used to shout at speeders to slow down — then had a better idea.
Dressed in a reflective vest, wearing a bicycle helmet and armed with a Hot Wheels brand radar gun, he points and records the speed of passing traffic.
The boy also carries a flashlight with a built-in siren.
Subdivision resident George Ayers said he has seen drivers lock up their brakes when they saw Landon clocking them.
Officials say the city will install speed humps in the neighborhood if 70 percent of residents agree and are willing to put up half the money.
Hot Wheels sells radar guns? If the kid were any older, they would get him for impersonating a police officer!
Apparently so: LINK
They say it’s to measure the speed of your Hot Wheels cars, but this boy at least realized you can measure speeds of other things too. 😛
OH, yes. They have been out for at least a year. Remember seeing them in the “toy dapartment” of your friendly etc, etc.