We once had an executive editor -- Stewart Spencer was his name -- who would periodically come out of his office and just stand there, facing the newsroom, with his arms folded. After a minute or two, he'd go back in his office. I finally asked him one day why he did that. "It worries 'em," he said.
I think that's the principle in operation here:
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ? A local company is making a full-size decoy cop car, promising that it will scare off speeders and crooks.
The look-alike police car would be placed on the street to stop speeders.
"I would slow down, sure," said one motorist.
The car isn't a functioning car. It has no engine, doors, or even someone to man it. The company National Police Presence is marketing this tool to law enforcement departments everywhere. At $12,990, any department can purchase the vehicle, tow it anywhere they like, and hope it slows traffic down.
I suspect they'd have to move the car around. If they just left it in the same place, people would eventually catch on. Me, I'd just start taking a different route.
