Police: speed camera lens 'covered with tape'
A police speed camera vehicle was tampered with last Friday while it was being used for speed checks on Vesturlandsvegur, part of Route 1 (the Ring Road) running north from Reykjavík towards Borgarnes, according to a statement published on social media by West Iceland Police. Tape had been placed over the camera lens, preventing it from recording speeding offences. Police say the incident interfered with traffic enforcement, but more seriously, during the act a lorry had stopped in a traffic lane at a junction where traffic is generally heavy and fast-moving. This created a danger for other…
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