There has been a lot written about Thai truck drivers putting artistic mudflaps on their trucks, usually with pretty awful paintings of Al Pacino in Serpico, Sylvester Stallone in Rambo, or even Clint Eastwood in one of his many awesome spaghetti westerns. Supposedly, the idea is that the mudflaps send a message to cops that the driver is not to be messed with, man, because he might just FLIP OUT and make you sorry you ever pulled him over! By doing what, I don’t know, but in the Red Bull-addled brains of the truck driver, it will probably be heroic and bullet-y, because that’s a better story than bribing your way out of a traffic ticket. But I digress! I saw this lovely little piece of vehicle art the other day and wondered what kind of message it would give a cop if he pulled you over.

If this windguard was protecting a candle from, say, being blown out by the wind, that would make more sense.

If this windguard was protecting a candle from, say, being blown out by the wind, that would make more sense.

If this windguard had a candle behind it that it was protecting from being blown out by the wind, it might make more sense.Truthfully, I think it’s a faaaabulous accoutrement and can think of only one thing that would make it better – being part of a gang. Can you imagine how glitter-golly-gorgeous you’d look driving down the road in a technicolor pack, with images of Elton, Liberace, Ricky Martin and George Michael on the windguard? Or you could just do a theme and have a whole pack of The Village People on your scooters. Now that, dahling, would be worthy of a pop song.

"Yeah, we love Vespas, why?"

“Yeah, we love Vespas, why?”