- Photo Courtesy of Fox 8
In a move that’s certainly understandable in no way condoned, a portable Cleveland traffic camera was recently set on fire and is currently undergoing restoration.
City police said some kind of starter fuel was used to ignite a fire at the unit’s base, causing cosmetic damage to the exterior and to the antenna. The camera itself was unharmed.
The unit was located in the 8500 block of Hough Avenue when it was targeted about two weeks ago.
Anyone who has ever considered taking such extreme measures after seeing that annoying flash go off in your rear view mirror may be a suspect.
This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2013.
The Jawa’s will take care of it…Let’s get out of here before the Tusken Raider arrives
I’m surprised more of them haven’t had the camera lens spray painted.
just run it over with a dump truck, then take the hard drive with you!
No truth to the rumor that Arthur Brown was auditioning a new stage prop.
Speeding kills 10,000 people every year. Go ahead and keep pretending like it’s a victimless crime though and you’re entitled to endanger other people with your car, commenters. If someone gets crushed, like a kid, well it’s his own fault for getting in front of your car.
@ Schmange…10-15 mph is hardly wreckless speeding……these are set up in 25mph which is clearly too low of speed limit……we all know these are not about safety whatsoever…..they are just a big money grab……..i don’t think having them on Payne Ave or St. Clair around E 40th is doing anything for anyones safety……..if in fact they have them for safety, put them in School zones and high accident intersections where none of them currently are…..and since they’re mobile, who’s to say they are accurate?
Apparently these cameras don’t take pictures of people who tamper with them. Slight oversight?
People Are Tired Of Paying Money To The Mayor!
Instead of using traffic cameras, just hire a gang to stand in an intersection so they can forcibly stop every 20th car that drives through and rob the driver. That’s basically what the traffic cameras do. They don’t make the roads safer, they make the one spot where they are posted more dangerous because everyone slams on their brakes.
Then they drove away shouting at bike riders to obey the law.
Cars drivers are ok with killing 27 pedestrians a day as long as it takes 5 seconds off their commute.