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A speed bump is also known as a sleeping policeman in British English, Maltese English and Caribbean English, a judder bar in New Zealand English, and a lying-down policeman in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Russia. A speed bump is a bump in a roadway with heights typically ...
A silent cop, also referred to as a "sleeping policeman" [notes 1] or a "traffic dome", is a traffic management device formerly widely used in Australia.It consisted of a metal or concrete dome, about 400 mm (16 in) wide and about 125 mm (5 in) tall, embedded in the road surface.
1:48.0 – Vauxhall Astra Diesel Police car (Driven as modern-day equivalent to set target time in 'Budget Police Car' challenge.) 1:48.0 – 1988 BMW 325i (E30) convertible (Clarkson's car in '4-seat convertibles for under £2,000' challenge, automatic and paving slab in boot. Driven by Clarkson. The engine was severely damaged by the run.)
In those work cultures sleeping in the office is seen as evidence of dedication. In 1968, New York police officers admitted that sleeping while on duty was customary. [14] In Japan, the practice of napping in public, called inemuri (居眠り, lit. "present while sleeping"), may occur in work meetings or classes. Brigitte Steger, a scholar who ...
The estimated $30,000 restoration effort is a labor of love for about a dozen retired officers who will ask the NYPD to install the car at the Police Academy in Queens so young cops can learn ...
Police Officer Juan Andino was killed on June 15, 1984 after he stopped Lee Ernest Walker to question him over the theft of a pair of $140 Cazal specs — worn by rappers such as Run DMC and the ...
Nearly a decade after controversial reality show Gigolos went off the air, a new docuseries is set to cover the violent death of a woman at the hands of one of the show's former stars.. Gigolos ...
Daisy Do-right – a small 'panda car' police car who is Buddy's best friend. She works with the police and hates it when her Sleeping Policemen fall asleep on patrol (they have narcolepsy). She is responsible for giving do-right duties to characters who do silly things. She also loves to visit the field full of daisies.