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Fake Squeegee Kids Nab Traffic Scofflaws Fri Jul 19,10:50 AM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Drivers in Burnaby, British Columbia, should make sure they are buckled up the next time a 'squeegee kid' approaches offering to wash their windshield. Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Vancouver suburb have been posing as the car window washers at major intersections in a bid to catch people who are breaking the law by not wearing seat belts when they drive. In a four-hour period this week, officers issued 90 tickets. 'It's been very successful,' Constable Phil Reid said on Thursday. The undercover officer washing the window looks inside the car to see if the seat belts are properly attached. If not, they give a quiet signal, and the car is stopped again by a uniformed officer a short distance down the road. 'If you're lucky, you just get your windshield cleaned.' Reid said. It is actually illegal to offer street window washing in Burnaby, but Reid said police are allowed to break some laws as part of the undercover operation. Reid said police have also learned how difficult life can be for squeegee kids, with officers being yelled at and spat at by drivers who do not want their windshields cleaned or refuse to pay. Money collected by the squeegee officers is being donated to a local food bank.
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