Vandals target city traffic light detector units
How have they not been caught?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l29jg3lllo
About 200 traffic light detector units have been vandalised across Cambridgeshire since the May bank holiday weekend, with most incidents concentrated in Cambridge city, a council has said.
Detector units identify vehicles and pedestrians waiting at junctions, allowing traffic lights to respond to real‑time demand.
Cambridgeshire County Council said the units had been "deliberately vandalised through the cutting of their cables".
Cambridgeshire Police confirmed it was investigating the incidents.
The council said the equipment played "a vital role in keeping traffic moving safely and efficiently", as when damaged, "traffic lights revert to a fixed‑time setting, leading to increased congestion and delays for everyone".
Detector units at about 50 locations had been targeted, the majority of which were in Cambridge, on Cherry Hinton Road, Perne Road, Mill Road, Milton Road, Coldham's Lane and others in Fen Ditton and Horningsea.
A crossing outside Park Primary School in Histon, which used sensors to allow large groups of children to cross safely, was also targeted.