Shhh! Mimes tackle traffic chaos in Venezuela

[AsahinaKimi]

Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A part of Venezuela's capital is giving dangerous drivers the silent treatment, sending mimes into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic.

About 120 mimes dressed in clown-like outfits and white gloves took to the streets of the Sucre district this past week, wagging their fingers at traffic violators and at pedestrians who streaked across busy avenues rather than waiting at crosswalks.

They found plenty to keep them busy in a city where motorcycle riders roar down sidewalks, buses drop passengers in the middle of busy streets and drivers treat red lights and speed limits as suggestions rather than orders.

"Most people are collaborating, but bad habits are usually hard to break and some drivers just don't change their ways," said Neidy Suarez, an 18-year-old mime wearing fluorescent yellow overalls and a bright red ribbon wrapped around her pigtails.


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(Ohgawd!!! What if one gets trapped in an invisible box???)

[eleny]

1. I can hardly wait for the videos - couldn't find any just now

:hi:

[EdMaven]

2. I think it would be fun to live in a city where mimes direct traffic.

[valerief]

3. OMG, people hate mimes. Are they looking for a beating or what? nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. First they came for the mimes, and I did not speak out, because I was a mime.

[pinboy3niner]

5. *spray*

:rofl: