Moves To Outlaw In-car

[Mr-Lex]

source from 'Metro' 1/12/04

“In-Car speed camera detectors are to be banned, ministers announced yesterday. Any of the 100,000 devices sold in Britain which interfere with or jam speed traps will be illegal, possibly within a year, when the Road Safety Bill becomes law. Detectors which can ‘see’ if a camera is active, or alert a driver to its presence by picking up radar or laser beams, will also be outlawed. But GPS satellite devices, which inform drivers where cameras are positioned, will be allowed. Those which work by using downloaded software which charts camera locations will also be exempt. Watchdogs have branded the devices ‘irresponsible’ but others believe detector users are more aware of their speed limits. Others measures in the Bill include raising the penalty for using mobiles while driving the £60 plus three points.”

[apsaauga]

points for using mobile? Wow, thats strict!

You were happy, that you could use detectors for a long time.. in my country, they were illegal as i can remember:) but we all love them:)

[Rob]

detectors are illegal in most of europe - be careful not to get caught as the fine will be huge.

in the article it says " Any of the 100,000 devices sold in Britain which interfere with or jam speed traps will be illegal" they are illegal now anyway i thought.

[Global_Grafix]

But they are also used to identify accident blackspots and alert the driver to be more carefull.

Im convinced they make a major contribution to road safety ;)

[Dave-Ellen]

Do they mean the ones that bounce the signal back to confuzzle the rader gun ?

[Fargo]

yes they will be banned dave,, unless of course you have an automatic garage door :winky: .

doesnt specifically say that owning a detector (opposed to gps based detector) will be illegal, so if that is not to be banned then you would have to be caught using the detector to slow down.

[Dave-Ellen]

cool

will continue with my whizzy thing then......it picks up them there mobile vans............

[Chris.S]

Ahhh my road angel 2 is safe

[javadude]

Guess they'll refund the cost of everyones detector. :duh:

[Maz]

What about Orgin B2? it this going to be illegal then?

[AMH]

Maz - the Origin b2 will still be OK - though the radar detector part will be outlawed ...

[ricky_is200]

What will happen with RoadAngle 2's which have the radar detector built in?