60% of French speed cameras "knocked out."
Discussion
Puggit said:
zygalski said:
If the cameras in the UK were removed tomorrow, I assume nobody here would complain about a corresponding hike in income or pensions taxes to make up the shortfall in funding?
So they are nothing to do with safety then - thanks for clarifying. Piersman2 said:
AndrewCrown said:
There is a design fault with most French speed cameras which make them particularly vulnerable.
From observation, France’s original installation of speed cameras were on autoroutes...smallish units around the size of a pillar box or wheelie bin..or smaller at vehicle height. Sometimes in the central reservation..
Some of the newer ones are similar and smaller but now placed in easy to access roads . A well placed bin bag or farm sack would render them temporarily out of action... they are very easy targets for a motivated individual. I’m not surprised by the numbers.
Our UK cameras are elevated, larger and much more difficult to vandalise...and require rather more ingenuity to disable...
The French are quite good about informing the public about how much of ‘their tax euros’ are required to replace vandalised cameras.
I would have thought a can of black spray on the end of a stick would be capable of disabling most of ours! From observation, France’s original installation of speed cameras were on autoroutes...smallish units around the size of a pillar box or wheelie bin..or smaller at vehicle height. Sometimes in the central reservation..
Some of the newer ones are similar and smaller but now placed in easy to access roads . A well placed bin bag or farm sack would render them temporarily out of action... they are very easy targets for a motivated individual. I’m not surprised by the numbers.
Our UK cameras are elevated, larger and much more difficult to vandalise...and require rather more ingenuity to disable...
The French are quite good about informing the public about how much of ‘their tax euros’ are required to replace vandalised cameras.
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