A video of a man perched in a speed camera pretending to flash at passing cars with his phone light has gone viral online.
The joker at the centre of the prank, John Westlake, was filmed by his wife in the early hours of Thursday morning as they waited for a takeaway pizza after a night out.
The clip which has been widely shared and viewed more than 23,000 times, shows John, a joiner, flashing passing cars and trucks with his mobile phone whilst he sat in the speed camera’s casing.
38-year-old John said he thought it would be ‘a funny way of killing some time’ as they waited for their pizza to be cooked.
John and Sarah-Jane, were holidaying at the Lyons Winkups Holiday Park in Towyn, North Wales, with their two youngest children and John’s mother.
Cars can be seen slowing down after being flashed, much to the couple’s amusement.
Joiner John said: “We were waiting outside for our pizzas when I noticed a hole in the back of the speed camera.
“At that point I thought it would be a funny way of killing some time to climb up and flash the passing cars to see if they’d slow down.”
Once inside the speed camera, John, from Wirral, says he began to flash ‘everyone who was going past, not just people in the cars’.
“I flashed one person who went by in a mobility scooter and told them to slow down,” he said.
“I just took a run-up and managed to climb in. I was quite surprised the next day, when I saw the speed camera, that I had managed it to be honest.
The couple say they have received many messages and friend requests since posting the video, which is threatening to go viral.
“We were just having a laugh really,” John added.
“Every car I flashed slowed down afterwards - it kept us entertained when we were waiting for our food.
“I think people relate to it because no one likes speed cameras.”
