A spate of raids on speed cameras in Cornwall have taken place in what look to be copycat attack of those on Ulez cameras in London.
Two more cameras have been cut down overnight after multiple were damaged in November.
One previously chopped down camera was replaced with a steel support but was knocked down again.
The other was a bi-directional camera located on a busy main road which spots drivers not wearing seat belts and using their mobile phones.
A spate of raids on speed cameras in Cornwall echoes a series of similar attacks on Ulez cameras in London
It follows a similar pattern in London when Ulez cameras were attacked amid Sadiq Khan's expansion scheme.
Cameras which now cover the whole of Greater London were stolen or damaged 1,000 times over seven months.
In Cornwall, a camera was damaged in Perranarworthal, near Falmouth.
The same camera had already been replaced with a steel pole in October.
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Damage to another camera on the A390 Tregolls Road - a 30mph road - was reported to police just after 3am.
Over the summer, it caught 3,000 drivers in a month which locals say has made the road safer.
The new high-tech device can identify speeding drivers travelling in both directions, doesn't flash and can also catch motorists not wearing a seatbelt or handling a mobile phone at the wheel.
Cornwall Councillor Peter Williams, who represents Perranarworthal, said: "It is absolutely horrendous why people go and do these things under the noses of where people live.
"These cameras were not put there on a whim - they were put there after years of gathering evidence and proof.
The attacks mirrored those which happened to Ulez cameras in London
REUTERS"I don't understand why these people can't see the cameras are there to protect everyone, including drivers."
Liberal Democrats candidate Ruth Gripper, added: "This is really disappointing and an affront to the local community.
"Speed cameras don't just get put in willy nilly. Speeding is dangerous and makes life a misery for local residents.
"Cameras are only installed as a last resort after a lot of work by residents and monitoring by the council - it took the community in Perranarworthal six years of consistent effort to get cameras installed.
"Cutting speed cameras down like this is a totally futile gesture that costs the taxpayer thousands of pounds."
