Infrared speed camera

The camera is being installed on sections of smart motorways in the UK. Though some counties such as Northamptonshire and Hampshire favour Truvelo cameras instead. Fitted with infra-red illuminators, they work night and day, and in all weathers.

The new speed cameras were deployed recently during an operation on the Aat Teesside Shopping Park, where they detected 1speeding motorists in just minutes. One offending driver was clocked at 79mph in the 50mph limit.

Speeding motorists will have less ability to hide under new technology allowing road safety camera to work better at night.

Infra-red lights which help roadside speed cameras work in the dark will help efforts on poorly or unlit roads, according to the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety .

Infra-red lights are being trailed to help roadside speed cameras work in the dark, and will help snare offenders on poorly or unlit roads. GoSafe Van at North Wales Police multi agency A4safety campaign (Image: Hadyn Iball). The new equipment consists of bulbs which are mounted onto the back of . And even more sneakily, the cameras can be hidden almost anywhere from rubbish bins . SPECS average speed camera systems utilise state of the art video system with Automatic Number Plate Reading (ANPR) digital technology. Caught on camera : Some of our most shocking examples of driving in Surrey. Infra- red lights which help roadside speed cameras work in the dark will help efforts on poorly or unlit roads, according to the Leicester, Leicestershire . Three white lines are painted just ahead of the Truvelo camera and there are strips in the road that register the speed of the passing vehicle and trigger the camera.

The new speed camera launched by Charleroi-based company SecuRoad in Belgium uses infrared lights to catch speedy drivers - and it can be hidden almost anywhere. They are found on motorways and . Regular LED lights can be modified with infrared LED bulbs and will avoid speed detection by the police. Average speed camera systems can monitor four lanes at the same time.

Sets of these cameras are often mounted on gantries above the road. The new infra-red equipment, which consists of three small banks of bulbs mounted on the rear of the vehicles, first went on the road this week. The manufacturer Truvelo is best known for the introduction of front facing speed cameras in the UK.

I was apparently caught from behind even though it looks front facing only? How do we know red-light and speed cameras work? Locations: Motorways and dual carriageways all over the .