This is how we enforce the speed limit in Denmark

Update: YouTube took down the video, but I have updated the link below. Googling "speedbandits" will take you to a whole raft of sites where you can view it.

One reason I like living in Denmark is because the public service announcements are -- how should I put it? -- more interesting than those of other countries.

My friend Bryan Wilder is the lucky bastard who plays journalist Bart Sweeney in the film. He always gets the good gigs.

Posted by Allan Jenkins on November 11, 2006 at 04:00 PM in Advertising, Bizarre & Amusing, Denmark | Permalink

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Unbelievable. I can see why you like living there so much, Allan!

Of course here in Canada, the women would need to be in parkas, so it wouldn't be as much fun.

Posted by: donna papacosta | Nov 11, 2006 8:11:53 PM

Seems the video has been removed from YouTube. Bummer.

Posted by: Bryan Person, Bryper.com | Nov 12, 2006 9:03:46 AM

YouTube yanked it but I have updated the link. The nifty thing about this video is that it is 100% paid for and published by the Danish government. While America loses its mind over the Janet Jackson Super Bowl thing, Denmark says "hey, if it slows down a few speeders, go with it."

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Nov 12, 2006 3:17:09 PM

Whew! It was a dirty job but somebody hadda do it, as they say. But the communication concept for 'Speedbandits' was right on target: young male motorists with a chronic lead foot. The studio reasoned that the fastest way to a guy's consciousness is through his privates. And judging by the responses, it has hit home. Filming was done on Oct. 11 - and naturally, it turned out to be the coldest day of the month with a clammy Danish fog that lifted gradually during the morning. Those poor girls! The one scene that was cut out of the final version was a rear-end collision, purportedly by two gawking motorists. Now THAT was too much for the censors! (This is Denmark, remember.) And being Denmark, few motorists even reacted to seeing a topless girl at the roadside - a few honked but nobody, even the cops, complained. In this country, speeding and putting other people's lives at stake is far more serious than showing a human body in its near-natural state. Isn't that the way it should be? So slow down and enjoy the vid!

Posted by: Bryan (Bart Sweeney) Wilder | Nov 13, 2006 3:26:25 PM

Hi Allan

Nothing like a small dose of pornography before class. Are these girls even attractive? I can't tell because the feed is so pixelated.

Seriously though. Why not just become a stripper? Sure there's no benefits like working a government job, but the pay stinks! At least they wouldn't be out in the cold and, maybe they could take a few customers home - show them a good time for a little extra cash.

You've got to hand it to these girls. You can take the phrase "hand it" as you see fit.

Posted by: Wade C | Nov 13, 2006 10:30:52 PM

Wade, Wade, Wade... get yourself a passport, get yourself a clue, come see a culture that doesn't die of the giggles over toplessness.

If this is "porn", you've never seen any. And if you think these women are strippers or prostitutes... Jesus. I thought you were a student at a major university.

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Nov 13, 2006 10:51:26 PM

I had no clue this was such a hot topic.

This has nothing to do with being immature, as you so plainly see fit to call me. And in no way am I "giggling" over topless women.

I also find it remarkably odd that you claim, "Being topless is not particularly remarkable here" when naked breasts tend to stop traffic and cause accidents.

These women have every right in the world to participate in this job, I just think it's morally compromising on their part. Much like a "stripper" exposing herself for kroner. No need to be hostile.

Posted by: Wade C | Nov 14, 2006 2:58:52 AM

Wade, since I lived in Denmark in the '70s, I'd have to agree with Allan. You really don't understand the Danish culture - skin there is not "morally compromising". In fact, the Danish girls have better morals than many of their tightly wrapped sisters in North America.

Posted by: Doug M | Nov 20, 2006 5:09:49 PM

Doug gets it.

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Nov 20, 2006 7:56:41 PM

What makes anyone thinks this is a real item? Even in Denmark, this is not "usual" behavior. (Yes, I have lived there too.)

I can't find any info to substantiate this is P.R. or a real news item.

Posted by: Peter C | Nov 23, 2006 9:07:59 PM

It is real. The reason you can't find substantiation is because it was designed to be underground. And it apparently worked -- you looked to MSM for confirmation and got left looking ____________. I won't fill in the blank.

Get used to the 21st century -- the newspaper is not an arbiter.

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Nov 23, 2006 11:26:48 PM

Allan -

We corresponded about this post late last year, when I was writing a blog for my company. I have now started a new personal blog, and re-published my post on this one. See it here: http://delarue.net/blog/2007/06/get-used-to-21c/

Posted by: Keith De la Rue | Jun 8, 2007 5:10:03 AM

This is a copy and adaptation of an original ideal from a Brazilian tv show, called "panico na tv". We did it long before you guys...
Take a look.
Click on the above link. (I guess the commenting system does not accept links)
It's on you tube, but based on a beautiful girl's back...

It's in Portuguese but you will sure understand the spirit...

Rosana Hermann

Posted by: Rosana Hermann | Aug 12, 2007 7:48:08 PM

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