High-tech

DRIVERS who speed on Victorian roads will soon be the target of more than 200 high-tech radars currently being installed in police vehicles.
Upgraded Moving Mode Radar (MMR) equipment will allow police to lock on and detect the speed of vehicles travelling towards or away, from distances of up to one kilometre.
Police say the new equipment will save lives and reduce road trauma during the busy Christmas and holiday period.
The directional radars, named stalkers, will be installed on the dashboards of police vehicles by the end of November.
The devices are primarily used on country roads but will soon be targeting speeding drivers on the fringe of country and metropolitan areas.
Traffic Support Division Superintendent David Newton said the MMR equipment would surprise drivers.
“The MMR technology allows police to target those motorists doing the wrong thing, no matter what direction they are travelling in,” he said.
The State Government has funded the purchase of the equipment.
Police anticipate that by the end of 2010, more than 350 vehicles will be fitted with MMR equipment.