New UK police speed gun can read license plates from half a mile away at night
&gt; To the inevitable dismay of U.K. street racers who<p>&gt; primarily partake in their favorite illegal motorsport<p>&gt; after hours, the TruCam II also features night mode<p>&gt; whereas the first TruCam, which has already reportedly<p>&gt; been in use for the past six years, only worked during the<p>&gt; daytime.<p>I think this really comes down to the letter of the law vs the spirit of it. To the spirit of the law, i.e. saving third-party lives, on a non-busy road doing 35 mph in a 30 mph really going to kill anybody? Is doing excessive speed on an empty well-lit motorway going to kill anybody?<p>Ultimately if you&#x27;re only a danger to yourself then personally I think the responsibility is on the individual. For example, as I understand it, persons living in Scotland can drive back home drunk in rural areas as the only person they are ever likely to hurt its themselves.<p>As a free person I think you need to have the right to make bad decisions and accept their consequences, as long as those do not impact others. For a long time there has been an unwritten rule (at least where I live) where greater speed is generally more acceptable at night with fewer road users. It&#x27;s not uncommon for the local police to overtake you at 90 mph for example.