Police set up mobile speed van just yards before new fixed AI camera
This is the moment police set up a mobile speed camera van around 150m from a fixed speed camera that’s already there. The speed cameras was pictured parked up on a grassy embankment next to the A449 Moss Pit in Stafford, Staffordshire[1].
The van was located around 0.1 mile – or 160m – from a fixed speed camera that’s already in place along the A-road. The fixed camera is situated at the corner of Chain Lane.
The mobile speed camera van was parked on a dip in the road, where traffic comes off a railway bridge before embarking up a hill. The fixed camera further up ahead are among a number of smart ‘AI’ cameras that have been installed across the county.
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They are fitted with advanced digital technology and use AI to catch out drivers flouting the law. At least 161 drivers have been caught out by the AI cameras[4] on the A449 in Stafford this year.
Staffordshire Police was approached for comment.
References
- ^ Staffordshire (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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