Someone in New York is covering speed cameras with fake flowers and left a note with them

Someone in Staten Island, New York, is covering speed cameras with fake flowers.

They’re even leaving notes with the flowers.

As you can imagine, this ‘vigilante’ move is dividing people.

Some think this person is a hero, while others think this sort of thing is dangerous.

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About the New York vigilante

The bunches of fake flowers are attached to speed cameras with duct tape, with a note with a strange message.

“Brought to you by the Staten Island Beautification Squad,” the note reads.

Some people think this might be because it’s more than one person doing this, while others think it’s just somebody that wants to throw people off.

The only thing that’s for certain is the police aren’t having it.

In a statement, the New York City Department of Transportation said: “Speeding kills.

“Tampering with speed cameras is unacceptable and puts lives at risk.

“We are actively working with the NYPD and the perpetrators will be held accountable for jeopardizing public safety.”

The eternal debate about speed cameras

Just about every country in the world uses speed cameras, but in totally different ways.

For example, California is enhancing new driving laws with hidden speed cameras whose location hasn’t been disclosed.

This is common practice in some countries, but illegal in others, where the presence of speed cameras has to be disclosed.

Then there’s Ford.

The American automaker is working on ways to automatically tell cops if someone speeds.

The idea is to give the police complete control of a car’s onboard cameras whenever the tech detects a speeding vehicle.

It’s also not the first time Ford has experimented with tech that involves speeding, as it previously tried its hands at tech that would slow you down when you change speed zones.