Woman Uses Hair Dryer to Stop Neighborhood Crimes, Goes Viral
If you’re speeding, grandma is gonna catch you!
When drivers ignore speed warnings, there’s grandma Patti Baumgartner to take care of things. She posted a photo on Facebook of her sitting on a lawn chair on the side of a road, armed with a cup of coffee, and a hairdryer with a caption that reads, “I’m helping to keep Finley Point safe. SLOW DOWN! Speed checked by radar.”
Patti Baumgartner pointed her white hair dryer at passing drivers, “encouraging” them to slow down because they might think granny’s got a speed gun! “We were talking about maybe something would slow the cars down. So, we decided to put me in a chair and I guess use the hairdryer as a speed thing,” Baumgartner said.
Her son shared the photo on Twitter and tagged a highway patrol trooper, and the next day that trooper found Patti and made her an honorary Trooper with a campaign hat and sticker badge for her work to keep her grandkids safe.
I wonder… are people slowing down because they are confused as to why granny is on the side of the road with a hairdryer?! Either way, she has accomplished her mission. Check it out:
