France’s government has decided to shrug off the ire many “yellow vest” protesters feel towards speed cameras and triple its fleet of high-tech radars tourelles, from the 400 planned for this year to 1,200 by the end of 2020. READ MORE:“The speed cameras are painted, hammered or wrapped in something but five to seven days after the damage report has been filed they get fixed,” Emmanuel Barbe, France’s Interdepartmental delegate for Road Safety, told Le Parisien. “For every speed camera that’s damaged beyond repair we replace it with a newer turret speed camera. Our goal is to install 400 to 450 by the end of 2019 and 1,200 by the end of 2020. " Asked what percentage of speed cameras were currently out of order after being vandalised, Barbe said he’d rather not answer the question so as to not encourage criminal practises.

Source: The Local November 01, 2019 10:07 UTC