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As protests go, it spells out the sentiments of many motorists.
But police have failed to see the funny side after a saboteur started altering 'Speed Cameras' signs to read 'Greed Cameras'.
At least ten are believed to have been changed using home-made stickers in Colchester, Essex, over the past two months. The suspect is believed to be someone who has recently been caught by a camera.
One police officer said: 'We are treating it as an act of vandalism. If we catch whoever is responsible, we intend to throw the book at them.'
A spokesman for the Essex force commented: 'If we see anybody tampering with the signs, we will stop them and speak to them accordingly.'
But the saboteur has become a cult hero among drivers, many seeing him or her as a modern-day Robin Hood, cocking a snook at the authorities.
Builder John Lawrence, 43, said: 'Every time I see one of these signs has been altered, I have a good laugh. The Government and the police are making a tidy sum from these cameras.'
'Hilarious'
Laura Peters, 29, said: 'I think it's hilarious that somebody is going to all this effort to make their point.
'I got done by one of these cameras last year and it made me really angry because I was only just over the limit.'
Sheila Ranger, from the RAC Foundation, said: 'We wouldn't condone what this person is doing, but it seems quite harmless.
'It's questionable whether it is a matter for the police. There are more important things for officers to be doing.'
The Essex Safety Camera Partnership, which is run by local authorities, yesterday admitted it has more to worry about than the Colchester saboteur.
'Our biggest problem is the cameras themselves being attacked and set on fire,' said a spokesman.
'That's probably happened about six times in the county during the past month.'

But police have failed to see the funny side

If we catch whoever is responsible, we intend to throw the book at them

No, I don't suppose the f*cking useless wankers would.


Throw the book at them??
Don't make me f*cking laugh.....those wankers can't even manage to successfully nick a child abuser in Bedfont Lakes Country Park after he commits an offence in front of numerous witnesses....so how the f*ck are they going to get someone in to court for altering a few roadside signs?

how the f*ck are they going to get someone in to court for altering a few roadside signs?

I'm very tempted to get a "Pretend" sticker to put over the word "Community"...

I see the funny side! Honest!

I can think of worse forms of vandalism. I suppose if they cop him.. he will get community service.. cleaning up graffiti

But he used stickers - easy to remove and not paint... rather think he would not get the "book" thrown at him as such .. but maybe a telling off