photo-radarn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈreɪdɑː/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈreɪˌdɑr/ North American.
A computer-operated traffic control system employing radar to measure the speed of vehicles, a camera being triggered to photograph those exceeding a specified limit; (also) the equipment comprising this. Cf. Gatso n.
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1987 Los Angeles Times 10 Sept. i. 2/4 The photo radar takes a picture of the driver's face, the license plate number and the vehicle's speed indicated on the radar.
1995 Daily Tel. 14 July 11/1 Although the photo-radar traps [around Ontario] have gone, those caught previously will still have to pay their tickets.
2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 162/1 He describes the introduction of photo radar as ‘another encroachment of our rights’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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