Life-sized cutout of police car slows drivers
Thursday, July 13, 2017
LAKEVILLE, Mass. -- A man has gotten drivers to slow down for years with the help of a life-size cutout of a police cruiser in his driveway. Kelly Tufts said he got the life-size Crown Victoria sign from a friend who owned a salvage yard. He puts it outside his Lakeville home on weekends and during holidays to slow drivers in the area. Tufts said town police are OK with the sign, but some passing drivers have given offensive hand gestures.
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