Traffic Cone Farming

One of our most popular enterprises  in modern times is the art of traffic cone farming. Each cone contributes around five pence per passed car to the government's gross domestic product; raising a revenue of millions of pounds per year as motorists sit idly in their cars wasting fuel as they wait to pass through the traffic jam. It's quite rare that you actually see a traffic cone farmer; usually they leave behind a set of traffic lights to police them. The cones are trained well to recognise that red is to mate and green is to stop; though the presence of motorists puts them off and deters them from reproducing.The revenue from the farms is usually spent on more roads to create larger farms which in turn create more delays.  Current government estimates of traffic cone population is about 1.3 million with an average growth rate of just one point nine percent; but in actuality there are a lot more since many escape from the farm and go on to form their own residency.