Summer seems to foster stupid stunts of the highest order. However, it will be hard to out-stupid a stunt performed by an unknown number of actors last Thursday, right before midnight, on the outgoing Causeway no less.
In either a display of mental instability or a desire to offer a commentary on summer crowds, four traffic cones were strategically placed fully across both lanes of westbound traffic, right before the second bridge as you exit the Island. They brought a dramatic halt to mainland-bound traffic.
Lest ye doubt, there’s a real-time POV video taken from the dash cam of a stopper.
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