A new type of road traffic camera is being secretly tested which uses technology in space to catch out speeding motorists!
A new type of high tech speed camera is being tested out in the hope of being installed on roads around Britain. The unique traffic camera works using satellite technology in space in order to “communicate” with other cameras in the area.
The cameras known as “speed spike” aim to catch out speeding motorists once and for all!
The idea is that the cameras will follow a motorist’s progress for miles to work out exactly how fast the car has been moving based on the distance it has travelled and determine weather it has broken speed limits.
Speed spike was created by PIPS Technology LTD, Who are an American owned business that have a base in the UK.
Reports show that almost £1 billion has been fined in speeding tickets under labours lead; its hoped speed spike will enable authorities to recreate the system used on motorway contraflows.
The equipment is being tested at present upon two sites, one in London and the other near Cornwall. Details of the secret trials emerged recently in a House of Commons report.
Geoffrey Cox (Conservative MP) said
“”You always have to ask if it is really necessary to watch over people, to spy on them and film them. We will get to a point where it becomes routine and it should never be a matter of routine that the state spies on its citizens.””
The company developing this new kit have boasted of “number plate capture in all weather conditions”. The cameras use automatic number plate recognition, which took photos of 64 million motorists across Britain in 2008 alone!
Reports issued last week showed that drivers have landed with speeding tickets of almost £1billion’s worth during labours reign.
A total of In 16million tickets have been issued since 1997 amounting to £913 million.
However amounts have fell since police were stopped from keeping an amount of the money the traffic cameras made.
It suggests that the technology was used as a “cash flow” and police were no longer urging to install them.
Speedspike is not yet being used for enforcement purposes as it is not currently “Home Office Approved”
Home office was unable to comment on testing stating this was due to 'commercial confidentiality'.
Technology similar to this has been tested in the past using speed limiters and other systems but has since been dismissed; only time will tell weather speed spike will prove successful.
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