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German radar trap may be scrapped
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EUROPE'S most expensive police radar trap, erected on a bridge over the West German autobhan north of Frankfurt, may he dismantled.
The infamous Elzer Berg radar cameras arc estimated to have taken 2.5 million photographs of speeding drivers since they went into action in 1973.
Drivers of heavy goods vehicles are not allowed to exceed 40km (24mph) and they must remain in one lane without overtaking.
Although the trap is 9otorious, police have booked about 62,000 offenders each year and collected 1:28 million in tines.
Now the vice-president of West Germany's traffic safety council, C:ar Heinz-Schuetz, claims there are no longer grounds for keeping the cam eras.
Years ago, Flzer Berg, a steep hill about two miles long, was an accident black spot costing about eight lives per year.
Now the road has been widened and improved and strict speed limits are no longer justified, he says. 13ut the 16-strong police team which mans the radar trap around the clock on a shift system does not agree.
They have a powerful argument. In 1983 an unknown marksman put the cameras out of action with a shotgun.
When the news was known, drivers began racing down the hill and within 72 hours there were four serious lorry crashes.