Back in 2017, Jean Brooks from Hucknall went viral after a video was released of her trying to slow down vehicles speeding down her road. The retired grandmother wasn't holding up a speed camera, though, instead pointing a hairdryer from her garden in an attempt to spook drivers into sticking to the speed limit.
She says cars often slowed down in St Mary's Way as a result of her unconventional tactics. A video of her went viral, and Ms Brooks told Nottinghamshire Live five years ago: “I remembered a friend told me about something she had heard of in France.
“Someone got their hairdryer and pointed it at the cars and they slowed down. So I thought I’ll do that. They come up on their scooters and quad bikes showing off to the sixth form girls, acting like a male bird of paradise. It’s all, ‘look no hands’ but it will soon be ‘look, no teeth’.
