Speed Trap Detection Systems

Those of us who want to avoid a damaged car, a fine, or an accident tend to keep under the speed limit. Many people depend on their car for their living, not just commuting to work, but driving can be an important part of your job itself. Getting a damaged car or being banned from driving is not an option.

However, people still speed. Public perception on speeding is ambivalent, there are of course vocal proponents of the speed limit and generally people know it is wrong and dangerous, but there are also some who believe that speeding is a necessity sometimes. There are those who believe that speeding is a minor offense. There are also those who believe that the detection of speeding in place by many police departments is motivated mainly by the money that can be garnered for fines, rather than public safety.

Whether this is true or not, it has lead to a technology battle between the speeder, and the police department. The police have long relied on radar and laser technology to track the speed of drivers. Some tech-savvy motorists have installed 'blockers' that can jam this radio technology. As this happens, police have to increase their technology in line. It is an on-going battle.

These detector systems use a number of means, mainly detecting signals directed to the car. However, this is becoming increasingly useless – police detection systems are almost instantaneous so the point at which one is alerted to the fact one's speed has been tagged, it is almost certainly too late.

Another form of detection is really more of a map of stationary speed detection cameras. This can alert the driver of a speed camera ahead, and to slow down accordingly. The legality of this is definitely in a grey area, and if the speed cameras are in locations where police are trying to slow down drivers because they are potential hotspots for accidents, then they will continue to do their job. If they are simply in locations where the police are looking to make a few bucks, then these GPS detection systems would anger the local government, deprived of the money they received from fines and tickets.