VILLAGERS sick of fast drivers have put up a fake knitted speed camera.
The DIY device is on a pole with a cover designed to pull the wool over motorists’ eyes.
There is even a “30” sign woven in to remind people of the speed limit in the hamlet of Trewoon on the edge of St Austell, Cornwall.
Community care worker Amber-rose Moone, 33, spotted the fake on the A3058, used by many drivers as a short cut.
She said: “It really put a smile on my face.”
Hundreds of locals have signed a petition calling for speed cameras, highlighting an “increasing number of incidents resulting from dangerous driving”.
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It adds: “Examples include damage to property, death/injury to pets, and multiple near-miss incidents.
“Average speed cameras are an efficient and cost-effective way of catching speeding drivers.”
But social media users were quick to praise the ingenuity of the knitted camera.
One said: “Knitted speed cameras — at least they will be warm this winter.”
Another added: “Doesn’t get much more British than knitting a speed camera.
“Top work Trewoon.”
