It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully injure or damage any public highway or street, or any bridge or culvert, or to willfully damage, injure or remove any sign, signpost or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street for the protection thereof, or for the protection or regulation of traffic thereon, by any willfully unusual, improper or unreasonable use thereof, or by willfully careless driving or use of any vehicle thereon, or by willful mutilation, defacing, destruction or removal thereof.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-312) (1999 Code, § 70.37) Penalty, see § 70.999