France’s New ‘Invincible’ Speed Cameras no Match for Irate Gallic Motorists
23rd August 2019
They were supposed to be France’s “lethal weapon” against speeding motorists. Instead, the country’s new breed of reputedly “invincible” speed cameras are already falling foul to road rage vandals, with dozens trashed since the start of the summer, officials say.
French police commissioned the new high-tech radars after irate motorists – many of them supporters of the “yellow vest” revolt – trashed up to 75 per cent of the country’s classic speed traps in recent months, at an estimated cost of €360 million (£326m) to the taxpayer.
Goodness, you’d think they were Texans.