400 more powerful and more robust new generation radars will be installed this year in France

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These new "turret" radars will eventually be able to measure speed, but also to spot drivers without a seat belt or using their phone while driving.

400 new generation radars will be installed from 2019 in France and three times more by 2020, according to information collected by franceinfo on Tuesday April 2. 75% of fixed speed cameras have been destroyed or damaged in recent months, and in particular since the beginning of the movement of "yellow vests". The government intends to replace them with radars that are more difficult to degrade.

A formidable "radar of the future"

It is a true radar of the future, fully automated. It is called the "turret radar", its real name the "Mesta Fusion 2". A dozen have already been deployed in France, notably in Strasbourg and Marseille.

Perched on a mast four meters high, "it will be much harder to break than its predecessors", says the Ministry of the Interior. A height that allows it to scan eight lanes of traffic and several vehicles simultaneously. These radars will also be able to tell the difference between a truck and a car, all over a section of 200 meters.

It will only control the speed... for now

For the moment, the "turret radar" has only been approved for speed control, specifies Road Safety. But it is also capable of knowing whether or not you are wearing your seat belt, if you are on the phone while driving, if you are respecting safety distances or if you are overtaking on the right.

Finally, this radar can also change location regularly, because for an operational cabin, there will be four decoy cabins. The control cameras can be moved from one cabin to another without motorists knowing. A new generation radar that will be very difficult, if not impossible, to escape.

source: Francetvinfo.fr

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