Warning to drivers as new speed cameras can catch you even if you slow down

EXPERTS have warned drivers who slam the breaks on before speed cameras that a new high-tech camera could catch them out.

Many drivers avoid fines by slamming on just before speed cameras, and then speed up after they have passed by.

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But now a new camera appears to have been designed to catch them out.

Following a successful trial in Spain, drivers have been warned that they could soon be implemented on UK roads.

The latest technology trialled in the Navarra region of Spain uses laser systems and ‘doppler effect technology’ to accurately record the speed of a vehicle over a certain distance.

The Spanish authorities have now raised the stakes by introducing cascading technology which uses a mobile radar device to catch out drivers who speed up after slowing down for a camera.

Gary Digva, founder of Road Angel has warned all UK drivers that these new anti-braking systems could be used across the nation to control speeding.

He said: “If introduced, these devices will catch and penalise more speeding motorists, encouraging more drivers to stick to legal limits and improve road safety.

“It comes after the news that one in four fatal collisions occur due to speeding on UK roads.

“This means that over 2,500 people are seriously injured every year due to excessive speeds.

“These shocking statistics alone should encourage motorists to think twice before speeding, yet it’s safe to say that the new technology will penalise even more motorists who are driving in excess of the legal limit, therefore helping to keep UK roads safer for all users.

“By capturing drivers who slam on the brakes before passing the fixed speed camera, as well as using technology to apprehend motorists who speed up again after the camera, the new radar devices will be able to penalise many more motorists than current systems.

“Although the fight goes on to reduce incidences of speeding on UK roads and accidents resulting from excess speed we believe introducing this new technology to the UK will help keep roads safer.”

Many drivers believed changing lanes messes up the average speed calculations for SPECS and VECTOR average speed cameras.

An AA spokeperson warned: “While older speed cameras could’ve been ‘tricked’, more advanced cameras now use multiple sets of cameras at each point to track all the lanes and compare average speeds.”

Earlier this year Road Angel warned drivers that positioning a dashcam in the wrong place could land them with a fine.

The AA has warned drivers that changing lanes ahead of a speed camera will not help them evade a fine.

Many drivers wrongly believed changing lanes messes up the average speed calculations for SPECS and VECTOR average speed cameras.

However the AA have dispelled this wrongly held assumption.

An AA spokeperson warned: “While older speed cameras could’ve been ‘tricked’, more advanced cameras now use multiple sets of cameras at each point to track all the lanes and compare average speeds.”