In the movies, illegal racing cars are often chased by police cars, and the main character even managed to escape. The reality is that even if you are not intercepted by the police at the scene, you may be arrested and prosecuted afterwards. In order to intensify the crackdown on illegal racing, the New Territories Police Northern Region’s “Anti-Illegal Racing Team” has used speed detection equipment such as “TruCam” (commonly known as a laser gun) and “Invisible Chariot” to gather evidence without stopping illegal vehicles, The driver in question was later arrested. Photo: Li Langqiao
The anti-illegal racing team was established in early 2022. On 31 October last year, a total of 7 illegal racing incidents were detected, involving 44 people. Apart from arresting illegal racing drivers on the spot through the traditional method of stop and investigate, the team will also use the intelligence and technology led non-stop evidence gathering method to handle cases illegal racing. Whenever the team receives information about illegal racing, the police will go to the scene to ambush and use “TruCam” to take pictures of the model, license plate, recorded speed, and dangerous driving behavior of the vehicle under comment; they will also use “stealth tanks” – equipment with “Integrated Vehicle Speed and Automatic License Plate Recognition System (iVAST)” collects evidence from police cars, and the clarity of speed test videos, speed detection and the accuracy of automatic license plate recognition are more accurate than “TruCam”. The evidence collected by “TruCam” and “Stealth Chariot” will be sent to the command center of the anti-illegal racing team in real time.
Chief Inspector Luo Liqian of the Northern New Territories Regional Crime Headquarters pointed out that both the non-stop method and the traditional pursuit method have their own advantages. The former is not aimed at arresting on the spot and the place, and it is safer to operate police officers there is no need to put up roadblocks and make the use of manpower more flexible. But the biggest challenge is to lock the driver’s identity. The criminal team will take half a day at the earliest from receiving evidence to lock the driver’s identity and arrest him. He also mentioned that there are rumors in the market that as long as he is not intercepted on the spot, he can escape criminal responsibility for traffic offences, but noted that “the police may not arrest him immediately in the case of theft and injuries.”, emphasizing that there is nothing of the sort in the relevant rumours, and the police As long as there is enough evidence, the driver in question will be arrested and prosecuted .
Chief Inspector So Chi-wai of the Northern New Territories Regional Traffic Department’s Enforcement and Management Team added that the police began using non-stop methods to deal with illegal racing incidents last year, and introduced the iVAST system in May last year; the system can not only measure speed, but also take high-resolution photos Criminal investigation. In the past year, 46 complaints were received about illegal racing in the Northern New Territories alone Strengthen the power of attack and prevention, hoping to eliminate illegal racing in the Northern Region of the New Territories.
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