Motorists dodge the law with speed trap detectors

PENALTY points may be slowing down motorists but they are also accelerating sales of speed trap detectors.

Suppliers of devices for detecting speed cameras and radar guns report an upsurge in sales since the penalty points system came into operation, despite the fact that they are illegal to use here.

A number of internet-based British suppliers are now directly targeting the Irish market and one Northern Ireland supplier said almost all of his business was now coming from the south.