Drivers are often irked when they face the minimum passenger requirements for entering some city downtown cores. However, in Auckland, New Zealand, they have resorted to some pretty ingenious ways of beating these transit rules. Reuters reported on drivers who resort to blow up dolls, mannequins and even dogs dressed up as children. The most common excuse is the imaginary children - kids so small the enforcement officers did not notice them.
For a while, students attempted to make some beer money by hiring themselves out as temporary passengers. Once past the enforcement officers, they would disembark and get back up the road for their next gig! How much are the motorists trying to save? The fine for non-compliance is NZ$150 or about US $112!
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Artificial Passengers
- The creation and widespread use of realistic, artificial passengers can offer a solution to bypassing minimum passenger requirements, and could be especially beneficial to rideshare and taxi companies.
- Innovative Ways to Cheat Traffic Rules
- The use of blow-up dolls and mannequins highlights the need for innovative solutions to beat traffic rules without putting lives in danger.
- Scalability of Deceitful Techniques
- The trend of creating deceitful ways to bypass traffic rules is scalable and can potentially be applied in other areas of life such as evading security checks.
Sectors Adopting This
- Automotive Industry
- The automotive industry can benefit from the creation of artificial passengers, as it can increase the efficiency and profitability of rideshare and taxi companies while potentially reducing the number of cars on the road.
- Toy Industry
- The use of blow-up dolls and mannequins to bypass traffic rules can potentially create new market opportunities for the toy industry.
- Security Industry
- The use of deceitful techniques to cheat traffic rules highlights the need for innovative security solutions to catch and prevent similar fraudulent activities in other areas of life.
