harrogate wrote:

but those placed to do nothing but earn money are a disgrace.

Seems that some people are so annoyed with them that they take direct
action.

A couple of months ago I passed a very sick looking camera on the A46
Batheaston bypass (east of Bath). Apparently someone had stacked a load
of tyres around the base, dowsed them in petrol, and torched it :-)

Kind of understandable for that camera as the road is a dual
carriageway, only ~6 years old, with a 50mph speed limit. AIUI it should
have been 70mph (National Speed Limit) but was reduced during the
planning stage to appease objectors who were using the noise argument.
It means that the limit is a political one, not a road safety one which
the Police always cite as the reason for them.