[Infowarrior] - German police seek speeding British Muppet

[Richard Forno]

(pics @ the link, too)


German police seek speeding British Muppet

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2008/10/german-police-seek-speeding-british.html

German traffic police have been left looking like proper muppets by a  
British prankster. An Audi TT with British registration plates has  
been repeatedly caught speeding on roads in the Bavarian city of  
Bayreuth. But because continental speed cameras are set up for left- 
hand drive vehicles, the cameras keep missing the driver’s face.

Instead, they keep capturing clear views of a manic Muppet-like toy  
which the cheeky Brit has propped up on his passenger seat. But police  
admit they are even baffled about the identity of the muppet.

The No.1 suspect is Animal – the manic drummer from The Muppet Show’s  
house band The Electric Mayhem. But several residents of Sesame Street  
are also in the frame, including the lovable monster Grover and Bert’s  
rubber-ducky-loving sidekick Ernie.

Now police have released one of the photographs in the hope someone  
will recognise the furry speed demon. A German police source said:  
“The number plate is not enough. We need clear evidence of who is  
driving the vehicle too.

“But because this is a British vehicle we can never get a decent  
picture. The driver has obviously worked this out because he has  
placed a large puppet in the passenger seat.

“This may be an example of the famous British sense of humour but it  
is still dangerous driving. The driver has been caught on camera on  
several occasions and the puppet is on the passenger seat every time.  
We suspect he positions the toy deliberately before accelerating past  
the camera.”