These can be traffic stoppers and, in many cases, cars do stop and their passengers eagerly gather the fruit, which is edible, for a delicious jam.

His elvensteed, currently taking the form of a Palomino-gold '57 Chevy convertible with cream trim, was a traffic stopper.

An even more compelling traffic stopper in this booth is a weather vane of a mythological figure.

But the traffic stopper of the fair is something much humbler: a two-passenger sleigh with bright red rails painted like a stage set.

The sunrise ascensions of hundreds of the graceful balloons in the turquoise-tinged sky are traffic stoppers.

Though it takes a bit of faith to accept Ms. Andrews as a traffic stopper in her neighborhood, she seems to grow in the part.

IT is a head turner, a traffic stopper, a conversation starter.

The 6-foot-4-inch Mr. Brown is something of a traffic stopper, yet Ms. Barnett ignored his attentions for months.

I'm no traffic stopper, anyway.

This sort of greenery is a true traffic stopper.