ENGLISH LIBERTY: Motorist who mounted ‘laser jammer’ on BMW to block speed cameras is jailed.
A businessman who attached a “laser jammer” to his BMW to block speed cameras has been locked up for THREE MONTHS.
Michael Twizell, 58 – who installed the device which works by blocking the signals that track how fast cars are travelling – was also ordered to pay a £1,500 fine for perverting the course of justice.
Police officers started investigating him when their device recorded an error code when he drove passed a police safety camera van last February on the A658 near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
It was established that he was using a device on the front of his BMW 3-series that illegally interfered with police camera equipment.
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Speaking after the hearing, Traffic Constable Andy Forth, from the Traffic Bureau Investigations team at North Yorkshire Police, said: “To use a device which is capable of interfering with police speed measurement is clearly as shown today a very serious matter.
Good to know where Britain’s priorities are.