Photo: Shenzen Police on Weibo
Police officers from some countries have tough jobs ahead of them. While some risk getting shot or hurt, others fear the endless claws of corruption might cancel the sanctions they apply.
Every once in a while, some police officers are forced to do things that are not in the rule book, just to teach people a lesson. From those that make youngsters spill their drinks in the trash bin after catching them drinking in the park, to those that make drivers stare at the high beams of their cars for a full minute.
As you have presumably guessed by now, this story is about police officers that compel high beam offenders to have a look at what they do to others.
The punishment method involves a chair just like the one in the photo gallery, and a full minute of staring into the headlights of the vehicle that was being driven when they were caught using the high beams illegally.
The first measure of this kind was applied in 2014 by the Shenzhen police force. At the beginning of November, the representatives of the Shenzhen police have announced on the official Weibo account of the institution that they have begun to sanction drivers that illegally employ high beams.
The updated version of the punishment that reminds every one of the “dunce,” which was something that was done to American schoolchildren at the beginning of the 20th Century. At the time, they were supposed to wear a dunce cap and sit on a stool in the corner of the room as a form of punishment for misbehaving in class.
As the Shanghaiist notes, the new form of the penalty includes a special chair, which must be used by the offenders when their penalty is being administered.
This is not the first time when the Shenzhen police force employs alternative punishment methods, like making jaywalkers wear a green hat after catching them. The said jaywalkers were then made to put on a green vest and instruct others against jaywalking.
The cultural contrasts between China and the rest of the world are too vast for this to be understood without an explanation: wearing a green hat there is a derogatory expression in the country, and it can be a metaphor. It goes back to the Yuan dynasty, and it denoted a man who was cheated on by his wife.
Shenzhen police officers pretended not to understand the cultural implications of the hat, and claimed that it simply matched the green vests. Keep up the good work!
As you have presumably guessed by now, this story is about police officers that compel high beam offenders to have a look at what they do to others.
The punishment method involves a chair just like the one in the photo gallery, and a full minute of staring into the headlights of the vehicle that was being driven when they were caught using the high beams illegally.
The first measure of this kind was applied in 2014 by the Shenzhen police force. At the beginning of November, the representatives of the Shenzhen police have announced on the official Weibo account of the institution that they have begun to sanction drivers that illegally employ high beams.
The updated version of the punishment that reminds every one of the “dunce,” which was something that was done to American schoolchildren at the beginning of the 20th Century. At the time, they were supposed to wear a dunce cap and sit on a stool in the corner of the room as a form of punishment for misbehaving in class.
As the Shanghaiist notes, the new form of the penalty includes a special chair, which must be used by the offenders when their penalty is being administered.
This is not the first time when the Shenzhen police force employs alternative punishment methods, like making jaywalkers wear a green hat after catching them. The said jaywalkers were then made to put on a green vest and instruct others against jaywalking.
The cultural contrasts between China and the rest of the world are too vast for this to be understood without an explanation: wearing a green hat there is a derogatory expression in the country, and it can be a metaphor. It goes back to the Yuan dynasty, and it denoted a man who was cheated on by his wife.
Shenzhen police officers pretended not to understand the cultural implications of the hat, and claimed that it simply matched the green vests. Keep up the good work!
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