Speed scam-era

Bird box wheeze clips wings of motorists

- Jim Hardy

A WORRIED villager has fooled speeding motorists into slowing down with a dummy camera made from a bird box.

Nick Porter mounted the painted box on a pole and planted it on a 60mph stretch where he says drivers regularly hit 80 or 90mph.

It lies between High Garrett and Gosfield, Essex, and the limit drops to 40mph in both villages.