When I was in Vegas this past weekend, I was amazed how bad the traffic was. They've removed pedestrian crossings on The Strip in the most crowded areas. If you cross, you have to use these M.C. Escher-designed escalators or walkways that link some hotels to others via bridges. Even with that, it was bumper to bumper at the intersection of the Trop, the MGM, the Excalibur and New York, New York…and not much better at the juncture of Bally's, Bill's, the Bellagio and Caesars Palace. You'd think it couldn't get any worse.
Apparently, someone took that as a challenge and asked themselves, "How can we make traffic on The Strip even more impossible? We need something that will slow down drivers and distract them." The answer, obviously, is to put strippers in glass trucks and drive them up and down Las Vegas Boulevard at night. Think I'm making this up? Check out the video clip on this page.
I didn't see one of these trucks even though I walked The Strip from about Midnight 'til 2:45 AM. What I did see — and it's relevant to the question of whether these trucks should be allowed — was an awful lot of parents who were toting around very young kids. Even just before I called it a night, I saw children under the age of twelve being led around or if very young, pushed in strollers. None of them particularly looked like they were enjoying the experience. Then again, I wouldn't be happy if I had parents like that.