New ‘invisible’ mobile cameras will be rolled out in 18 departments from March 15.
The departments where new “invisible” mobile speed cameras are to be launched on March 15 are: Ile-de-France plus Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Calvados, Essonne, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loir-et-Cher, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Moselle, Nord, Oise, Pyrénées-Orientales, Rhône, Somme and Vaucluse.
There will be 20 new camera cars, each with a radar speed detector behind the number plate linked to an infra-red camera on the dashboard, meaning they are undetectable in use and virtually invisible to radar detectors.
Fitted to a fleet of Renault Meganes, the set-up is estimated by RTL to cost €70,000 (including vehicle, fuel and working time) as against the €90,000 of a fixed speed camera.
They will be used to catch excessively high-speed drivers – above autoroute speed limits - in part because of the way that they are set up to work.
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