New anti-braking speed cameras

26 September 2023

Spain rolls out new anti-braking speed cameras target drivers trying to avoid fines. New devices will penalise drivers who attempt to avoid fines by braking harshly to slow down for speed cameras then speed back up too quickly after passing them.

The anti-braking devices were trialled in early 2020 and have now been officially rolled out in the Navarra region of north-east Spain after a successful pilot scheme.

Modern technology has been designed to make it harder for drivers to evade penalties, such as using laser systems and ‘doppler effect technology’ to accurately record the speed of a vehicle over a certain distance.

Average speed cameras are also a common sight up and down UK roads, where two devices record a vehicle’s number plate to calculate its average speed between both cameras. However, the Spanish government have gone even further by introducing anti-braking radars and new technology known as cascading.

The cascading system involves installing a mobile radar device a significant distance (sometimes over a kilometre) after a fixed speed camera to detect those motorists who speed up again after passing the first camera, thinking they got away with it.