Wildflower meadows are beautiful; so beautiful in fact that a village in Britain has found they act as natural speed traps from motorists slowing down to look at them.
The village of Long Newnton in Gloucestershire has a problem with fast moving through-traffic between nearby towns. Almost all drivers moving through areas they frequent will break posted speed limits, and neither a 30 mile per hour limit, nor warning signs made any difference.
Officials first planted flowers along the roadside during the pandemic to help improve biodiversity.
But they noticed that as well as attracting more wildlife, motorists also slowed down when they passed the flowers.
"Neat isn't it. Got a place for everything. Including this crisp five dollar bill.”
"Gee, that's mighty handy. It looks like it could hold up to four five dollar bills."
"So right you are officer, see?"
"I see perfectly, my good man. Drive safe and have a Merry Christmas."