In praise of silly technology such as the "pedestrian catcher"

In praise of technology that never quite caught on: the "pedestrian catcher," a 1930s invention, intended to cut down on traffic deaths.

“A flick of the lever, and the scoop has another mouthful,” the British Pathé narrator says, as the video shows a pedestrian catcher scooping up a jaywalker, demonstrated by one of the inventors. “When the scoop is open, a jaywalker simply can’t get run over, and sometimes that’s more than he deserves.”