OTTAWA, April 23 (xinhua) -- A group of beautiful ladies are standing at various intersections Wednesday on Toronto's streets, to warn drivers that police are lurking there waiting to ticket them.

    Novelist Russell Smith recruited these ladies from a modeling agency and asked them to hold big posters that say "Police lurk here" and "Don't turn here" to get the attention of drivers.

    "We're drawing attention to it to stop people from breaking the law and save them some money," Smith told Canadian Television while monitoring one intersection Wednesday.

    Motorists are forbidden from turning onto streets during certain hours of the day at the intersections. But drivers easily get caught up, he said.

    "We've all been nailed by these signs -- the times all seem random and you have to be close to the sign to see what it says so sometimes it's too late for the driver."

    A police spokesman, Staff Sgt. Keith Haines with the traffic services unit, said he does not mind if people want to help the police do their job as long as they are not contributing to traffic problems.

    Alerting the public to police traps is completely legal, Haines said.

    Recently, a Toronto man received a ticket for warning motorists of a speed radar trap by flicking his high beams. He took the matter to court and won.

    Smith said they will move if police ask them to do so for safety reasons.

    The campaign is meant to draw the public's attention to the website of XYYZ magazine, a publication for men that Smith heads up as the executive director.

    By signing up for a free subscription, readers can also download a map of restricted intersections, radar traps and red light cameras on their car's GPS system.