Brad Pitt Used To Fight Speeding In Russia

MOSCOW — Brad Pitt is accustomed to stopping passersby in their tracks. The Hollywood heartthrob's next job is slowing traffic in Siberia _ or so Russian traffic police hope.

A Russian newspaper reports that cardboard cutouts of Pitt dressed as a traffic cop have been placed by the most dangerous intersections in the city of Omsk.

It's the latest move by authorities in their endless battle against speeding. Traffic accidents in Russia are among the highest in Europe.

The campaign seems to be working. Omsk officials say accidents are down as star-struck drivers ease off the gas to gaze at the unusual image.

The paper, Argumenty i Fakty, quotes Dmitry Ziryanov, a local official who came up with the idea as saying Pitt is "kind of like a colleague for us."

Comments

[LovingHope]

Wow, Brad only has 40 messages. Jennifer already has about 400!

[MountPanic]

Did anyone else find that headline awkward as hell?

[ReesieKitty]

Ok, if putting up a cardboard cutout of someone at an intersection anywhere stops traffic accidents, why not?

[robbo69]

This is a compled of crap.
I live in Omsk.
I drive around all day.
there are no such cutouts anywhere, on any of our intersections.

[Brian Benway]

"Traffic accidents in Russia are among the highest in Europe."

Ummm... last I checked, Russia was in Asia.

[Brian Benway]

Self-correction. The eastern part of Russia does indeed extend into Europe. I withdraw my comment...

[Mediamatters2]

Yes, he is above all laws.

[openhand]

And they can use him at the same time to promote the healthy alternative of indie fighting.

[June Bakar]

Why use Brad? Why not Brangelina. That would casue a traffic standstill.

[andhakari]

They could have used Woody Allen instead. His image has already been stolen.

[AgentMacGyver]

He's already cashed in on that mistake.

[Steamboater]

Brad Pitt in a cop's uniform may slow done traffic (has anyone seen what Russian cops wear?) for a few, in fact very few but a cardboard cutout of Pitt in a jockstrap would definetly stop traffic!

[LMPE]

If people see a movie star, won't that distract them?

It's true: Russian women are THE hottest!

[bartonfink]

they seem dangerous

[bartonfink]

the women, I mean

[DaneAZ]

Sounds good to me!

[LLisaLL]

So, let's see one

[larce1948]

What a wonderful stellar example of American goodwill. After he straightens out those Russians
Brad's gonna lay down the law to drunk druggie drivers in Hollywood.

[Jebediah Johnson]

Erratum: same way, not say way. Jaysus, I'm still flustered from the Chastity Bono headline.

[Jebediah Johnson]

...in much the say way he's being used to fight quality cinema in the U.S.

[TigersEye]

You didn't think Ocean's 13 was quality cinema?