Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1999/07/16/web_site_warns_of_new/

Web site warns of new UK Jahou speed system

It's speed cameras, you see, and it can issue 60K tickets an hour

By Mike Magee

Posted in On-Prem, 16th July 1999 14:51 GMT

A system devised by ICL is now in operation on major motorways in the UK, with the cops netting 4,300 offenders on a single day, last weekend. The system, which is operating on both the M25 London ring-motorway and the M1, has been hailed as a breakthrough by both the Kent and the Leicestershire cops. Both will implement it soon as a result of the earlier tests. The Speedcheck SVDD uses clever software algorithms to check the speed of a moving vehicle, 24 hours a day. The system has been tested on UK freeway the M20 as well. There is, apparently, a lot of difficulty circumventing the new ICL system, which cannot be deployed in Central London because cars travel at the speed of former horse and traps. However, as usual, a Web site is there to advise motorists of this new danger to their Jahou tendencies. Go here for further details. ® RegFactOldoid Jahou, AKA Jehu, rode his vehicle at enormous speeds...