Traffic cameras cut down hours after going up https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gwzwjke2go Traffic cameras put up on a major city route have been hacked down hours after being installed. The device had been put up on the A3024 Northam Bridge in Southampton on Tuesday to monitor speed and red light offences. It was fitted on the road's central island, which has been home to a conventional speed camera for several years, to capture two-way traffic across all lanes over the bridge. The pole holding the new equipment was found sliced through on Wednesday morning, causing the T-shaped camera mount to topple and smash.