It fills me with rage that these attention-whore "artists" weren't convicted for this. Were I stuck behind this thing on Queen st. (during rush hour!) I doubt the supposed novelty would amuse me, nor would it mitigate my feelings of annoyance.

Rush hour downtown is already bad enough without a bunch of clowns screwing around on the road.

I don't think it's a joke, although obviously a bit of a generalization.

The first method shown for east Asia is spot on though. Can't say anything about the rest of the methods though.