For years, traffic police and motorists have been engaged in an arms race. As the police have adopted speed guns and roadside cameras, drivers have taken to radar detectors and maps showing camera locations. But a new system being developed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could hand ultimate victory to the traffic police. The UAE is investing $125m in a system that will make it possible to determine the speed of any of the Gulf state's 2m vehicles, no matter where they are. New devices, now being developed by the UAE'S Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT) in conjunction with IBM, should be ready for installation in cars within four years.
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