How Many Times Have You Worried About Your House Being Burgled?

and maybe wished for a police car to be sat outside when you are away?

well what started as a out as a gimmick ad for a local newspaper in Andras Birrer’s home town of Sursee, near Lucerne, but it became an overnight success as the owner of a local car rental firm, Birrer had the brilliant idea to paint a Hyundai i40 in the colors of the Swiss police, fit it with warning lights and advertise it as an effective way to discourage burglars,


it was meant to be a publicity stunt, but the ad got people so interested that the Swiss mechanic decided to actually provide the unusual service, now he has a whole fleet of police car replicas available for 250 francs ($270) a week, Birrer is raking in a small fortune as his idea seems to have become a hit with frequent travellers and summer vacationers who truly believe the fake police cars can keep burglars away, do they work?


'the question is whether it really does stop thieves, especially if they see it is parked for weeks on a driveway and it never moves,' police spokesman Ulf Wigger said, of course, they could just be jealous a car mechanic is doing a much better job than them.