Speed Camera Burned
2009 October 25
UK: Surrey Speed Camera Burned
Vigilantes set fire to a speed camera in Surrey, England.
Vigilantes in Surrey, England destroyed a speed camera early Tuesday. The device had issued automated citations on Upper Halliford Road in Shepperton until being set on fire. Vigilantes had previously ripped a camera at the same location out of the ground in March. The Staines News reports that since the camera was installed in 1997, the accident rate has increased 37 percent.
Source: Arsonists target speed camera (Staines News (UK), 10/22/2009)
