The chilling new police technology allows highway police to monitor drivers thousands of meters away as officials step up their crackdown on speeding.
Police have introduced a new type of speed camera that enables drivers to record clear video footage inside the vehicle while driving because they don't know they're being watched.
When divers noticed the camera on the side of the road, it had seen them behind the steering wheel, knowing what they were doing in their seats and how fast they were traveling.
Privacy regulators have warned that this invasive technology could be used to photograph innocent people who do not violate traffic regulations.
Huge portable camera
Known as a long ranger.
During the launch of the pilot project called action Indemnis, it was exhibited on a major road connecting Gloucester and Wiltshire.
Martin Surl, Gloucester County police and crime commissioner, said he hoped the kit would catch the driver who used the phone.
If the pilot is successful, the camera can be promoted nationwide and officials can use it at the same time as automatic license plate recognition (ANPR)
Check which vehicles are on the road and how they are driving.
The privacy movement's Big Brother Watch says the new technology is a step closer to becoming a monitoring state.
A spokesman told The Sun: "The police should not photograph innocent people in the car without knowing it, unless they are suspected of committing a crime or dangerous driving.
"The ANPR camera has been monitoring our roads, shooting more than 40 million records of our journey every day.
We are approaching a country of surveillance in danger.
"The operation was launched in one place --
The A417 road, known as Grandma pump, carries about 35,000 cars a day, and has become a hot spot in the accident.
Mr. Surl said: "This is one of the busiest roads in the county and it is also one of the most serious accident records due to the way it is used.
"Many came to me with concerns about speeding and other safety issues.
"We now have the opportunity to test a new cooperative road policing model that can be put into practice elsewhere if it succeeds.
"The purpose of this is not just to punish drivers, but to uphold the law by changing people's behavior.
But the police will enforce the law if necessary.
"Surlrecently has funded two other camera law enforcement officers and specialized equipment to strengthen the efforts of the community's rapid observation group.
The aim is to reduce the number of speeding, trailing and drivers using their phones on wheels without wearing seat belts.
Chief Inspector Mark Soderland said: "The core objective of the approach is to work with other road safety stakeholders as much as possible.
"The group, which started with the British highway and County Council, is now approaching groups such as the car insurance bureau, the Institute of Senior drivers and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Authority explore opportunities for cooperation and improved safety.
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