An on-board mobile radar.
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On-board radars are being placed in new vehicles, according to
Radars-auto
.
Numerous testimonials report that since the end of December 2020 Volkswagen Passat 7 SW have been carrying MESTA 210C radars.
The German manufacturer's model can be seen stationary on the side of the road, because the monitoring devices it carries cannot be used while driving.
The machine is installed in the trunk of the car or on a tripod by the side of the road.
Spotted in several departments
Motorists managed to take pictures.
It appears that these new vehicles are all registered in the FG series and are colored light gray or dark gray, says Radars-auto.com.
The mobile gendarmerie brigades of Lempdes-sur-Allagnon (Haute-Loire) and Creil (Oise) received their vehicle, but the Passat wagons were also seen in Toulouse, Castres (Tarn) or Saumur (Maine-et-). Loire).
Before the Passat SW 7, the MESTA 210C radar had been installed, since the end of 2017, in the boot of another Volkswagen model, the Golf SW.
But, since 2019, other models of the group have also been used to carry out roadside checks: Skoda Octavia Combi and Seat Leon ST.
A diversification of vehicles which allows the gendarmes to be more discreet.
Cars that carry new generation mobile radars in privatized version are sedans.
In the coming weeks, motorists will come across Passat, Seat Leon FR and Skoda Octavia, still vehicles from the Volkswagen group.
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