The local press are running a story that the latest Leica XV2 speed camera used in Europe has been approved for use in the UK

It is a highly portable unit which takes a picture of the driver and car reg going towards it by video camera, detection is by carbon dioxide infra-red lazer, two are being deployed in Devon and Cornwall.

They say that radar detectors are useless against these, (obviously) but does anyone know if laser detectors / jammers (illegal) are any good. I understand that the lazer works out the vehicle speed and takes the picture in 0.01 seconds therefore making detection of it by the driver a waste of time.

Ive heard that a 'sidewinder' misile works well against these! :D
The only down side is that they cost 2 million squid to buy ;)

What a bummer!! it seems soon that the only way of getting any fun out of a performance car will be track days!

Still they have'nt criminalised excellerating from 0 to the speed limit as quickly as possible (YET)!

I suspect a laser jammer will defeat it. They do every other type of laser speed trap.

I thought sidewinder missiles are use heat detection, named after the sidewinder snake that homes in on it's prey at night using the body heat of it's prey.

Yep your right! but the camera operator is warm blooded :D or are they???? LOL

Steve001,

They may not have crinalised 0 to speed limit as fast as pos, but the police still pull people for aggressive acceleration. DUH. They won't like me then. :D:D

P.