These cameras and the light for the flash are monsters, and mounted on monster arms fastened to the signal column.
Your talking serious muscle to tear them down. Definitely would tear the rear bumper off of even a F350.
The ones in Seattle, where i used to live, were not all that big. They looked like the one in the picture in the article. A brushed “mini” light pole. Maybe 8” in diameter at the base. I don’t know what 8 lb maul would do to it, but aluminum isn’t all that strong against steel.
But it’s just a fantasy, like the one where I am in a hummer H1 in the passing lane and any passing lane nanny that doesn’t get out of the way gets run off the road.
A guy can dream...