I’m a traffic cop – our new cameras will see you on the phone or without a belt

A TRAFFIC cop has appeared on YouTube to explain a new camera system designed to catch drivers on the phone or without a seatbelt.

The new cameras can be mounted anywhere and are said to extremely accurate.

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Traffic cop Owen Messenger has teamed up with a YouTube channel called George’s Car Media (GCM) to explain to drivers how the cameras work.

The cameras are called Acusensus and are being trialled by Devon and Cornwall Police with a view to rolling it out across Britain.

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The units can be mounted on motorway gantries or on vans to be moved to different locations.

Owen Messenger told GCM: “There are two cameras on the end of the crane.

“One takes a long-range image of the vehicle that shows the numberplate.

“The second camera looks straight down into the cab, it’s looking for people maybe not wearing a seatbelt or using a mobile phone.”

The images are then sent off to be assessed by a human to confirm wrongdoing, before being sent back to the police to be dealt with.

GCM took questions from viewers to ask Messenger on screen.

One asked: “Like regular speed cameras, do they need to give you pre-warning?”

Messenger replies: “No, we don’t need to give a pre-warning, and we don’t need to do that with the safety cameras either.

“There’s nothing in law that says we actually have to do it.”

Another person asked: “With points and fines, how do these work?”

Messenger replies: “Once we get the images back we will look at it and send out the paper work.

“Once we have the details of the driver, it is generally a six points offence and a £200 fine.”

The traffic cop points out that for young drivers in the first two years on the road, they’d lose their licence and have to start all over again.

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