EYP SCAP and the Spanish use of Doppler technology

摘要

In order to talk about technology applied to speed control in Spain, one must go back to 1959, when the Guardia Civil Traffic Enforcement Group ("Agrupacion de Trafico de la Guardia Civil" or ATGC) was created, being responsible since the very first moment for carrying out speeding controls. Initially, due to the lack of a reliable measurement system, the calculation of the speed it had to be done in a precarious way by comparison with the one of the police vehicle. It was not until 1968 when the first doppler radar arrived, equipment than worked exclusively with analog cameras and on a road side on a static mode.