Several speed cameras across Staten Island have been blocked by fake flowers to keep those cameras from catching speeders.

We've heard about drivers illegally getting creative to avoid speed or toll cameras, but this is a new one. Fake flowers have been used to block the lenses of several speed cameras across Staten Island.

The Lexus driver blew a stop sign and struck the occupied yellow bus at Naughton and Laconia avenues in Dongan Hills around 8 a.m., rotating it on impact, authorities said.

The crash happened just before 8 a.m., when the driver of a white Lexus RX350 blew through a red light at the intersection of Laconia and Naughton Aves. in Midland Beach, police sources said.

Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A yellow school bus has overturned in Dongan Hills during the Friday morning rush hour. The incident is at Laconia and Naughton avenues. The yellow bus is on its side and there is a large emergency response.