Speeding muppet evades police, defeats technology
An Audi 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 and instead see the delightful mug of one of my favorite drummers: Animal from the Muppets.
Photo originally published by the Bavarian police then posted here by Abroath, then at Boing Boing (whew.)
For your further enjoyment I offer you the classic drum battle of Animal vs. Buddy Rich. And just in case you were wondering, as a kid one of my drum teachers was in the CBS orchestra and actually played as Animal a few times (the drums, not the puppet.)
For the record I got permission to use the photo, but apparently when the police there publish an image like that they want it distributed as widely as possible though they retain the rights. It's a crazy world.
Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com.
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