Get ready to pay for the over speeding if you are doing it in the night believing that no one is watching. The Delhi Traffic Police has started trial of new hi-tech speed interceptors which uses infrared laser beam for measuring vehicular speed even during the night.
According to senior traffic police official, trial for new interceptors has been started from Thursday and purchase of the hi-tech gadgets will depend on success during the trial. These new infrared rays based interceptors caught over speeding vehicle from long distance with rapid and accurate measurement of speed and the in-built digital video recording system enable unambiguous identification of the target vehicle.
An official said that the existing 10 interceptors need sufficient lighting to measure the speed of a vehicle. “Four companies is participating the trial and after finding it suitable on ground condition a financial bid will be called. The completing these technical and financial bid the instrument will be purchased. The department is currently planning to purchase 10 infrared based interceptors, if the trail is successful,” he added. Each company out four participating in the trail will be given a week to ten days to show the result.