will take great delight,
in seeing, these smashed and broken speed cameras,
it appears that some motorists in the Russian city of Sevastopol have decided that enough is
enough,
and are actively targeting the cameras and the solar panels that run them, Sevastopol authorities claim that the capture of these
vandals is now inevitable, but with 16 destroyed speed cameras reported so far,
police has yet to arrest any suspects, according to representatives of Safe
Roads LLC, the company responsible for the maintenance of the speed cameras,
the damage has already amounted to tens of millions of Russian roubles, as a
single camera costs between 1 and 2 million roubles ($15,000 – $30,000),
the cameras are all insured, and because the damage is
already very high, and here is a sobering thought, the insurance company is also actively looking for those
responsible so it can sue them and their families for financial compensation, if they can’t afford to pay, all their property will be confiscated, and the
culprits will serve jail time,
the
vandal’s motives are yet unknown, but there is a strong chance that they
consider themselves vigilantes doing other motorists a favour, however,
according to Andrei Tomilin, Director of Safe Roads Sevastopol, that is not the
case, “The fact is that under the terms of the concession, the Sevastopol
government will compensate us for the operational costs of servicing the video
imaging system. As a result, the people themselves – including those who
destroyed the cameras – will pay for their damage with their taxes. That
is the protocol, no matter how negative it looks, ” Tomilin told ForPost and Primechaniya.ru, so destroying speed cameras is not the way to go.
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