Speed cameras 'should be hidden'

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Meredydd Hughes, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) head of road policing, said it was "strange" that the cameras - which according to Government guidelines should be painted yellow and clearly signed - could be so easily identified.

At present there is no legal requirement for speed cameras to be made visible, and a speeding offence is not invalidated if they are not.

But the latest Department for Transport guidance continues to recommend that speed cameras should be yellow, marked with warning signs and only sited at accident blackspots.

Mr Hughes, who is Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, told The Times: "I have always thought it strange that speed cameras were so easily identified.

"We need to think about whether greater compliance will be delivered by using technology in a less conspicuous way.

"I might put up Neighbourhood Watch signs but I don't tell burglars when I am specifically running an anti-crime operation."