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Most motorists in Britain can feel their blood boiling at the sight of a speed camera.
However, once they've calmed down, they would probably recognise they are an important tool in keeping us safe on our roads.
Gloucestershire Police hit the headlines this week unveiling their new weapon - Britain's biggest speed camera that can film a car a THOUSAND metres away.
Similar long-range cameras are already in use and Jamie Waller, a reporter at Grimsby Live, went behind the scenes to find out what it's like inside the hi-tech vans.
When I agreed to spend the day inside a mobile speed camera van with Humberside Police, I didn’t know what to expect.
Would they be “cash cows” as many people call them, or are they simply enforcing the law of the roads?
“Nobody hates speed cameras – they just hate getting caught.”
That’s how Camera Technician Enforcement Officer Tommy – not his real name – summed it up to me when I met him at the break of dawn.