<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> Vision has emerged of the moment an excavator was driven up to a speed camera in Adelaide and blocked its line of sight using its bucket.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are searching for the person behind the brazen act and warn it's a serious offence, carrying hefty penalties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident occurred just before 6:00pm yesterday, when security cameras captured a person on the machine, manipulating the bucket, repeatedly moving until it completely obscured the speed camera, rendering it inoperable.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wind-rain-thunderstorm-weather-south-australia-victoria/ac7d42ff-f939-4c2f-9f36-d6cf7be5ba90"><strong><span>Southern states warned to brace for storms, 'rare' destructive winds</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>Local workers confirmed that excavators are frequently left at the site due to ongoing works on underground gas pipes. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, they say keys are never left in these machines overnight, but that there are some universal keys that could have started it up.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While some locals found it amusing to block the camera, authorities were less than impressed.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/excavator-blocks-speed-camera-adelaide/feffa5ef-b9cf-4624-aa6b-9a5d829a75b5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aws-outage-what-happened-who-is-impacted-everything-you-need-to-know-explained/65fa4136-1c6d-4b1e-8d46-e48691a39849"><strong><span>How an error at a data centre took down half the internet</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say interfering with or obscuring a speed camera carries a fine of $2500 or up to 10 years in prison.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident is currently under investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>