Residents have turned to hairdryers to help them slow down speeding motorists.

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The village of Hopeman in Scotland has armed itself with the electrical appliances and reflective vests to tackle need-for-speed drivers.

The neighbourhood posed as police officers using speed guns to deter speeding drivers.

Moray councilor Dennis Slater told the BBC: ''It's very dangerous, the speed that the traffic is doing through Hopeman is quite serious, especially when the kids are going to school in the morning - it's quite alarming.

''This is why some of the residents have resorted to taking out hairdryers and putting on hi-vis vests to try to slow the traffic down.''

Members of the neighborhood have also taken other bizarre measures, such as propping ladders against walls to allow children to climb over back gardens rather than cross the dangerous straightaway.

Meanwhile, the actual police are trying to resolve the issue by dishing out warnings, a fixed penalty or by way of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.