Colombia's capital stands divided after a man brazenly recorded himself taping the city's speed cameras.
A motorist, identified as David Quiroga, uploaded a series of TikTok videos in recent days in which he placed reflective stickers over cameras on several poles on Bogotá streets.
Quiroga, who wore a motorcycle helmet to cover up his face, could be seen approaching the post and placing a white strip over a traffic camera, about six feet above the ground, and another sticker on a camera a few feet off the ground.
'We are not going to see them anymore,' a caption on the video read. 'At night and day, no more fines.'
A man identified as David Quiroga on TikTok filmed himself covering the traffic cameras in the Colombian capital city of Bogotá recently in protest of speeding fines
A Bogotá motorist, who has grown tired of speeding tickets, went around the Colombian capital recently placing tape over traffic cameras. Bogotá collected an average of $230,000 per day in fines in 2023 from motorists who broke the 31 miles per hour speed limit
Quiroga asked his followers to share the location of other traffic cameras that help authorities identify motorists who surpassed the speed limit.
'One more camera with reflective tape,' he wrote. 'And 1,000 less fines. Let's go for more.'
Bogotá Secretariat of Mobility rejected Quiroga's behavior and said that any cameras damaged in the act would be repaired.
The city collected an average of $230,000 in fines per day in 2023 from motorists who broke the 31 miles per hour speed limit.
DailyMail.cám reached out to the Bogotá Metropolitan Police for comment.
Motorists stare at David Quiroga while he places a sticker to cover up a speed detecting camera in Bogotá
Bogotá collected an average of $230,000 in fines per day in 2023 from motorists who broke the 31 miles per hour speed limit
David Quiroga's decision to cover up traffic cameras that detect motorists who ignore Bogotá's speed limit has sparked fury and rejoice
Social media user applauded Quiroga's actions while others called him out it.
'They put those black cameras to catch more people and scam them,' one person commented. 'I applaud this hero. More visibility helps all drivers.'
'They are not lifesaving cameras, they are pocket-saving and bank accounts filling cameras!' another social media user chimed in.
One person questioned Quiroga how he would feel if someone covered his home's surveillance camera.
'If you have security cameras in your house to ensure that everything around you is going well, you would like someone to damage them or leave them out of service, it is simply a lack of culture,' the said.
