If you’re speeding down a road in Montgomery County, Maryland, and spot something that looks like the rear-end of a Tesla Cybertruck, you should probably slow down to avoid a potential $1000 fine because that could be the police’s new bulletproof angular mobile enforcement trailer – a mobile speed camera.
Six units of these enforcement trailers have been introduced, with plans to expand to 140 new speed cameras, including 96 smaller portable units and 38 fixed cameras in school zones, as well as 76 red-light cameras.
The enforcement trailers have been built by a German company called Vitronic. The armor on the body is to make the cameras vandal-resistant, given past incidents in which people destroyed similar speed cameras.
For enhanced surveillance, there is also a camera that monitors the surroundings and records anyone who gets close to the enforcement trailer.
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Their mobile nature means police officers can now control them from a remote location and even shift them to other locations when required.
Vandal-Proof Enforcement Trailers
Speaking about enforcement trailers, Montgomery County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Earl Stoddard told ABC 7 News – WJLA:
“We can actually tap into the cameras and see that they’re operating in real time, and make sure that they’re operational. The glass in front of them is actually ballistic-grade glass, because we had situations where people vandalized cameras.”
According to a report by Carscoops, the tiered fine structure is the same, meaning drivers will be handed a $40 ticket when speeding over the limit by 12 to 15 mph. For speeds exceeding 40 mph over the limit, drivers can be handed a ticket of up to $425. When driving through construction zones, the fine can go as high as $1000.
The Montgomery police have covered themselves from nearly all sides with the armored enforcement trailer. The question is whether speeding offenders can find ways to bypass this threat, as they were once able to do with conventional cameras by destroying them.
