‘SPEED ENFORCED BY DRONES’ SIGNS IN CALIFORNIA ARE REPORTEDLY FAKES

‘SPEED ENFORCED BY DRONES’ SIGNS IN CALIFORNIA ARE REPORTEDLY FAKES

Several signs have appeared on Bay Area highways telling drivers that drones are enforcing the speed limits in the area. The metal signs, reading “SPEED ENFORCED BY DRONES” with and image of a drone firing a weapon, are apparently fake, as the California Highway Patrol claims they do not have drones. “As people are driving by and they see something like this, it’s definitely a distraction,” said Officer Andrew Barclay of California Highway Patrol. “The first officer who saw this on Highway 37 was out patrolling his beat…did a double take, flipped around, came back, and confirmed it was what he saw.”
Barclay stated that whoever made the signs knew what they were doing. “Professional materials, it is a black & white reflective sign, just like the signs that we use on the side of the road for speed limits, and everything else,” he said. “One of the signs that we found on Highway 37 was actually mounted using tamper-resistant bolts,” he said. “The other two signs were strapped using metal strapping on poles on the side of the freeway.”
Barclay emphasized that the California Highway Patrol does not have unmanned aircrafts for checking speed limits. “At CHP we definitely do not have drones. We use radar, lidar, pace, we have planes and we have helicopters, but we do not have drones,” Barclay said. “Along with not having drones we definitely do not have any drones that would fire any type of weaponry.”
More signs apparently popped up on Bay Area roadways on Thursday. California Highway Patrol is checking local sign makers to see if they filled the order for the signs.
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