Speed cameras are being destroyed in what appears to be a revenge
campaign by motorists.
Two on one stretch of road in East Dorset were set alight on consecutive
weekends, and four others have been vandalised in the county in the
past year.
Police are investigating after the GATSO machine was set alight in
the early hours of Saturday in the village of Verwood.
The area is being patrolled by teams of traffic officers in marked
and unmarked cars and on motorbikes in a crackdown on motorists who
are speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, using a mobile at the wheel
or driving without insurance.
Over three days last week the teams issued fines of up to £200 to 151 drivers. Driving without insurance earned a £200 fine and six points. A total of 83 of those fined were also given penalty points on their licence.
