Vandals cut down speed drive camera in Toronto

Vandals have cut down speed drive camera erected at the Parkside Drive in Toronto, Canada, as it is on record that the speed camera was installed in 2022 after a speeding motorist killed an elderly couple in a five-vehicle crash.

Penpushing reports that residents woke up to discover the speed camera had been felled, a development which is said to be the seventh time in 10 months, while findings revealed that the camera was first cut down in November last year after the city approved a complete street redesign of Parkside Drive.

The co-chair of the community group Safe Parkside, Faraz Gholizadeh, in a statement said the cut down was shocking to residents, which once again leaving this dangerous street with little in the form of safety.

“Residents woke up this morning to discover the speed camera had been felled once again, leaving this dangerous street with little in the form of safety’, the co-chair of the community group said

Penpushing further reports that Parkside Drive residents pointed out that street incredibly dangerous, while they long criticized the street as dangerous, citing heavy traffic and speeding drivers.

The record has it that the Parkside drive speed camera has since become one of the most frequent targets for vandals., while it was last cut down in July, one week after a security camera was installed next to it.

Penpushing also reports that Toronto police said they received a report of vandalism to the speed camera on Sunday morning, and suspect that it occurred overnight. They say it’s a mischief investigation.

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