Watch: Speed guns catching 26 drivers an hour

Traffic police are issuing 26 fines an hour on average to drivers when using laser guns that can detect a speeding vehicle from more than two kilometres away. Inspector Sergio Pisani of the Police Traffic Section told the Times of Malta that the new state-of-the-art equipment used infrared laser technology to detect the speed of moving vehicles with pinpoint accuracy in less than a second. Read: Drivers being warned of police camera ahead “Our aim is to reduce road incidents. We want to eradicate fatalities caused by traffic accidents and will not stop until we achieve that goal,” Mr Pisani said as his team of officers pulled over a white taxi in Luqa for exceeding the speed lim­it by some 20kph. A team of officers on Sunday pulled over a constant stream of speeding cars, motorbikes, trucks and other vehicles as another constable used one of the guns to log their speeds. “We would stop more cars, but there are only so many we can stop at one time without blocking the road completely,” Mr Pisani said. The equipment was purchased by the police a few months ago, and officers have started using it on thoroughfares across the island, handing out fines of €35 for speeds up to 15kph...