Tuesday 8th September 2009

Flaming Volvo Torches Speed Camera

Volvo 740 'martyred' in Plymouth scamera attack

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Arsonists in Plymouth are being hunted by the local fuzz after they ended the career of a speed camera with a flaming Volvo 740.

Another torched camera

We can't make up our minds whether the untimely demise of a 740 or the scamera itself is the most, er..., heinous part of this crime against property and all our best principles here at PH.

In fact the news from the West Country suggests this might have been an incident with far more serious consequences. According to the Plymouth Herald, the arsonists pinched the Volvo, parked it up and then torched it beneath the Outland Road speed camera - which is situated opposite an Esso petrol station.

It couldn't happen to a nicer... er, hang on!

Devon and Cornwall Police are trying to track down the 'perps' with house-to-house enquiries, while the local fire brigade apparently had to use hydraulic cutting equipment to make sure the camera's innards weren't still smouldering once the Volvo had been extinguished.

[CampDavid]

I really quite like the Volvo 740, good, honest speed barge.