What happens when you combine hipster aesthetics, lateral thinking and an ability to make something out of nothing?

Well, you get an abstract idea like this:

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A group of Singaporeans have developed a vague concept about how to improve driving etiquette on the ruthless roads of Singapore: By tying a bow tie in front of your car to signal that you are spineless a gentleman who will give way.

But first, to pull off this bow tie-tying campaign, they will need to crowdfund S$19,700.

The money will be used to cover the costs of:

- 650 bow-tie for cars

- 650 handbook


- 650 briefcases

- 650 TGM car decals

- 650 Briefcase decals

- Shipping of bow ties

- Delivery Costs to send the entire package to your house/office.

Before we go any further, this is how a lorry with a bow tie looks like:

We'd like to take a minute to let this sink in.

Ok so, The Gentlemen Movement Facebook page describes the project as "a social initiative to cultivate and install road courtesy, patience and good driving habits in Singapore".

In a YouTube video by the group, MP for Tampines GRC Baey Yam Keng made an appearance and said reassuringly: "For the record, we are not doing this for the Government, any movement or any council."

This gives the feeling it spontaneously occurred.

The movement aims to put a bow tie on one out of every 1,500 cars, or roughly, 650 out of 970,000 cars in Singapore -- signifying the drivers' intent to be more courteous on the road.

One possible drawback is that the cars featuring the bow tie will be heckled endlessly on the roads since they took the vow of non-retaliation.

The other drawback is that the cars will be missed because there are too few of them.

Just saying.

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