2023-08-02 13:46:26
“We also have a trash radar”: how mobile radars hide to better flash you…
Par Yannick Hallet
Drivers have the impression that mobile speed cameras are now less present on the roads, because of the mesh of section speed cameras and fixed boxes. They are wrong, unfortunately for their wallet…
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This is particularly the case of Bruno, a reader from Walloon Brabant, who scrutinized the surroundings of the works on the E411 towards Namur. “Coyote was warning me of a moving speed camera, but I never saw it. It must have been a mistake.” “No, he was there. It was a little tripod apart,” comments Pierre, a colleague who knows the area well. Bruno asked us if the police weren’t abandoning mobile speed cameras because of the proliferation of section speed cameras.
“No, we still receive as many questions from customers and maintenance contracts continue as normal,” says Pierre Grisard of SecuRoad, the company that markets a range of widely used radars. What about new orders? “We occasionally sell a mobile radar to a local police, but what works well so far is the removable radar head for the fixed boxes. By means of accessories, it can be temporarily transformed into a mobile radar”. notes the manufacturer.
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“Section radars represent the future because they control longer distances and have greater social support. But other types of radars still have a role to play,” analyzes Benoît Godart of the Vias Institute. For him, fixed boxes should focus on very specific places, such as certain bends or downhill straights. “As for mobile speed cameras, they show drivers that they can be checked outside the announced zones. Speeding in their neighborhood is the first thing Belgians complain about,” said the Vias spokesperson.
Up to ten sites per day
“With current technology, mobile speed cameras are less detectable. This is perhaps why your reader has the impression that there are fewer,” adds Benoît Godart. “Indeed, they no longer have a flash”, engages David Quinaux of the Charleroi police. “We have four mobiles and we use them intensively. Some days, we check up to ten sites, staying a maximum of one hour each time,” continues our interlocutor. If some of the speed checks are announced on social networks, the Carolo police are very discreet when operating. “Mobile tripod radars are too visible. We use on-board radars, sometimes under the tailgate, in unmarked cars. They can verbalize from the front or from the back. We also have a trash radar, ”describes David Quinaux. The tripods do not collect dust: “We use during prevention campaigns, like the one that will begin in area 30”.
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The mobile radar also keeps the coast in the Boraine zone. “It allows us to respond to requests from citizens who complain about speed near their homes. If the traffic analysis shows that this is indeed the case, we place a mobile,” explains Bertrand Caroy, traffic manager. Checks are also mentioned in advance. They are done discreetly, but remain visible to attentive people. “The goal is not to trap”, assures Bertrand Caroy. In the Arches area (Andenne), we also play the card of discretion with an unmarked vehicle. There is also no question of giving up mobile radar. On the contrary, “The increase in the number of fixed speed cameras and sections connected to the CRT of the federal police in Perex allows us to have more time with the mobile to control more isolated or rural places at the request of local residents”, welcomes Jean-Michel Tubetti, the area manager.
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