Beau Jackson, teenage speed camera warrior, is confronted by grouchy ‘Karen’

A grouchy middle-aged woman has confronted a teenage road vigilante who dedicates his spare time to warning drivers about ‘unfair’ hidden speed cameras.

Beau Jackson, 17, has made a name for himself parking near mobile cameras around the NSW Central Coast with a makeshift sign warning unsuspecting motorists about potential speed traps.

The teenager often parks in locations where he feels police are ‘unfairly’ trying to catch people to raise revenue – such as at the bottom of hills, or in places where the speed limit suddenly drops.

Last week, he pledged to fight a $250 fine from NSW’s Environmental Protection Agency for ‘littering from [his] Yamaha’ – claiming he didn’t litter and insisting the fine is payback from the government for costing them millions of dollars in revenue.

Mr Jackson told Daily Mail Australia that drivers often thank him for the heads up by buying him McDonald’s or briefly honking their horns. But on Friday afternoon, one local resident demanded he stop.

Beau Jackson was alerting motorists to a hidden speeding camera when a middle-aged woman, dubbed ‘Karen’ (pictured) asked him to stop

The teenager shared a video of the woman with his 35,000 followers on his Tik Tok account, called ‘speed cameras love me’, with the caption: ‘Have we met before? Oh that’s right we have, your name was Karen right?’

Mr Jackson filmed ‘Karen’ walking away, and said from behind the camera: ‘This lady tried getting me by complaining about the honks – tried getting a photo of my number plate.’

‘It’s the first Karen interaction,’ he laughed, as another passer-by honked their horn.

‘She tried to take a photo of my number plate – I’m legally parked, there’s nothing she can do about it.’

When speaking with Daily Mail Australia, Mr Jackson explained he parked down he street from where she lived and stayed there for three hours until the mobile speed camera moved.

‘She asked me to move because she was sick of the honking,’ he said.

‘I told her I was only parked there because the speed camera van was parked a few metres in front of me.’

Mr Jackson tried to explain he was trying to warn drivers about ‘unfair’ speed cameras, but the woman (pictured left) didn’t care

The woman was unfazed about his mission to save Australians from spending hundreds of dollars in speeding tickets and continued demanding that he move.

When he continually refused, she started taking photos of Mr Jackson and his bike.

‘So I started taking photos of her,’ he recalled.

‘She backed right off when I did that, and then she starting making phone calls.’

The teenager has no idea if anything came of her phone calls because the speed camera van left ten minutes after she got off the phone.

‘When they left, I had no reason to be there anymore so I left,’ he added.

Mr Jackson (pictured) hoped to sell merchandise full-time. His mother Deanne said she ‘couldn’t be prouder’

Beau Jackson (pictured) has a clean driving record, but was inspired to help others when his friend copped a $120 fine for moving just 3km over the speed limit

While police support Mr Jackson and say he’s doing the community a service –  because he’s making people slow down – he was recently shocked to get a $250 fine from the NSW Environmental Protection Agency for littering.

‘I rang them and they said my sign and some drink cans were on the side of the road,’ he told A Current Affair. 

However Mr Jackson says he always takes the sign and his rubbish home after each shift.

‘I pack up my sign and rubbish and take it home. I still have my sign, so I certainly didn’t leave it on the side of the road,’ he said.

The teen asked the EPA for photo proof, but was told there was no evidence.

‘I couldn’t believe it. I don’t litter, all my friends and family know that,’ he said.

Beau Jackson says he’s saved money for hundreds of motorists unaware of hidden speed cameras

Beau Jackson says he has the support of police who tell him he’s doing the community a service

‘Clearly someone is upset with what I am doing, because I’m costing them revenue, he said.

Mr Jackson plans to take the matter to court.

Despite having a clean driving record, the teenager was inspired to rail against hidden speed cameras after his friend was slapped with a $120 fine for moving just 3km over the speed limit. 

‘I had the idea for about a year because I’d see them in unfair locations, but no one was doing anything about it,’ he explained.

‘They’re just getting innocent people, so I started protecting the community.’ 

His mother Deanne said she ‘couldn’t be prouder’ of her son. 

Mr Jackson will launch his line of bumper stickers on Wednesday. One sticker reads: ‘Too many Karens! not enough Beaus! (pictured)

Another sticker (pictured) says: ‘Speed cameras don’t slow people down!! Beau does!!’

Motorists often go out of their way to thank Mr Jackson by buying him McDonald’s, coffee, energy drinks, and meat pies – which he said is a bit awkward because he’s vegetarian.

‘I gift the pies to other people,’ he said. 

The 17-year-old used to work mowing lawns and for Dominos, but he hopes to sell bumper stickers full-time – which will be on sale from Wednesday.

‘I’ve got vinyl bumper stickers with different designs and slogans – they’re high-quality and weather-proof,’ Mr Jackson said.

One sticker says: ‘Too many Karens! Not enough Beaus!’

Another reads: ‘Speed cameras don’t slow people down!! Beau does!!’