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Traffic Police or Magicians?

Posted on March 07, 2013

 

“The traffic inspector said I was being fined for Black Screen and as shocked as I was, I demanded to know where it is. He took out a regular razor blade and started scratching the back inner side of rear view windscreen and completely removed three strips of plastic screen so transparent that I never thought I had it in the first place.”

What you see, can be made to disappear. What you don’t see, can be made to appear, out of thin air! Normally, such tricks are performed by magicians. But lo and behold, who would have guessed certain traffic policemen are natural conmen, sorry, magicians! Shouldn’t be so hard for one to believe, especially if a majority of us, drivers, have had the privilege to have been conned, sorry again, to be amazed by their skill. This respondent from Delhi shares his experience with policemen who scraped off black tinted film off his car windows while the owner of the vehicle never had a clue about it. If you’re clever enough, you won’t fall for their tricks. Otherwise, the next magic trick they perform could leave a rather large hole in your pocket.