Are speed camera detectors legal to use in the UK?
It is currently 100% legal (November 2006) to use a speed camera detector in the UK to warn of all speed camera locations – fixed and mobile. Legislation implemented on the 27th January 1998 made the detection of speed cameras a lawful activity. More recently the Government, through the Road Safety Bill, is reviewing the use of speed camera detectors and their technologies in the UK. The Road Safety Bill looks to ban speed camera jammers and detectors. To fully understand the implications of the bill first you need to understand the different types of speed camera detectors that are available in the UK. There are currently three different technologies that a speed camera detector could utilise to detect and warn of an approaching speed camera. Speed camera detectors can use Radar detection, Laser detection and GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) a combination of one, two or all three of the technologies can be used. As a Radar detector warns by detecting a camera in the road ahead. Lega
