Police Seeking Info On Colorado Man Who Vandalized Speed Cameras

I get it... nobody in Colorado loves speed cams. Actually, that's not true. People who live around the speed cams probably do, because it slows people down.

In an age of immediate gratification, people just seem to be moving faster everywhere, all the time. And it creates a dangerous environment where people are walking, kids are playing, pets are roaming, etc.

So many communities are posting video cameras for speed enforcement, and the City of Longmont is one of them. That apparently struck a nerve with a man on a bicycle, who rode up to some of those cameras overnight Sunday into Monday with a can of spray paint.

The plan - clearly - was to vandalize the cameras. But what he somehow didn't realize is that by walking up to the cameras they police would have his face to find him.

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He was wearing a full motorcycle helmet, but apparently didn't think to lower the visor because there he was for everyone to see on camera, before pulling out the can of pink spray paint and vandalizing them.

Fox 31 in Denver posted the video in their article on the story.

The City of Longmont has signs posted, notifying people of the cameras, and yet even after warning people the city issued 2,446 citations last year, between only July and December, with revenue totaling $73,380.

Which I suppose is a good thing, because now they'll have to have their cameras repaired, or at least cleaned. Maybe not-so-smart helmet guy can come down with some paint remover and a squeegee and work off his fine that way.

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While the amount of points you can get for any different kind of traffic violation may change with certain variables during the legal process - like if you just pay the ticket, you might be eligible for a point reduction - this is generally where each ticket starts upon being written at the incident.

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