‘Digitector’ nets 12 a day
PA Wellington A high-tech “digitector” machine has caught an average of 12 speeding Wellington motorists a day since its use started in the region a week ago. The machine was proving easy to use and effective, said Wellington’s chief traffic officer, Mr David Allo. The device — the first operated by the Ministry of
Transport — uses a computer to find the speed of vehicles passing over two air-filled black tubes set 25m apart across the road. Mr Allo said it had been set up on motorways, usually with a plainclothes traffic officer working the computer then radioing descriptions of speedsters to a waiting uniformed officer. Some people were
surprised at being caught, but he had heard no report of motorists’ questioning the accuracy of the digitector, he said.’ The digitector took about 10 minutes to set up, and was easy to work. Officers needed about two hours to learn to use it
Twenty digitectors will go into use throughout New Zealand in the next few weeks.
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