"Our monitoring has shown that drivers... are more disciplined: they slow down," said Ivan Zybin, the deputy commander of a traffic police detachment in the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border.
The fake police officer comes complete with a nearly two-dimensional patrol car, a speed gun and a black-and-white baton -- held up to signal drivers to be cautious.
Alexei Zakharov, the officer who served as the model, said that the sight of his plastic double prompts some drivers to do more than just obey the speed limit.
"Some drivers stop and come up to him to show their documents, others sit in their cars and wait for the inspector to approach them. They sit there for five minutes and they drive away," he said.