Catseyes are set to become speed traps after Britain's top traffic officer revealed plans to hide tiny cameras in the reflective road studs.Richard Brunstrom, head of the buttociation of Chief Police Officers, says the Catseyes cameras will help trap persistent speeding motorists.The new cameras will sit inside the Catseyes and when a speeding car races over the device, it will break an infrared beam triggering the camera to snap the number plate.
Mr Brunstrom says the new devices are needed to help control Britain's "lawless" roads and motorways.
"Its all about bringing road policing into core police work," he says.
By law, speed cameras have to be clearly visible but the new plans could go against government guidelines.
Road safety groups have criticised the plan as a secret money-making scheme.
A spokesman for the AA said the public would see the Catseyes cameras as a "devious" ploy to raise money and the RAC complained Mr Brunstrom was using "Big Brother tactics" to police UK traffic.
Malaysia already uses similar technology where the cameras can instantly check if your car is taxed and insured. -- Conor
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