If, like me, you thought speed camera just caught you when you were going too fast, you're in for a shock. It turns out that those crafty little boxes can snap a lot more. In fact, the list of offences that those unassuming yellow boxes can capture is a lot longer than just breaking the speed limit. They can also catch you not wearing a seatbelt, using your mobile phone behind the wheel and having illegal number plates. Quite impressive that, isn't it? Between August and November 2015, almost 700 drivers were caught for offences other than speeding in the north east. Speed cameras can pick up a lot more than just how fast you're going.

Credit: PA According to the Northumbria Road Safety initiative, the most common crime is not wearing a seatbelt - 604 drivers were caught for that. Which just seems stupid - it doesn't take much effort to put one on and if anything does happen, it might just save your life. Why wouldn't you wear one? Anyway, new laws introduced back in March - so they're really not that new anymore - saw drivers who were caught using their mobile phones behind the wheel whacked with a £200 fine and six penalty points. And if you rack up six points for that or any other offense in your first two years of driving, you can have your license revoked.

So, given how much we now know those speed cameras can catch, you better be careful. Digicom Driver Usb Wave 54. Superintendent Sarah Pitt, who is head of operations at Northumbria Police, told 'Camera detection is a great tool used to help police enforce all road laws and legislations. 'Many think speeding is the only thing detected however, driving without a seat belt, using mobile phones behind the wheel and more can all be identified and are all actions which make our roads a danger for motorists and pedestrians.' Credit: PA She also reminded us that, while these laws can be annoying, they are there for our own protection.

'We need to ensure we take positive action whenever possible to keep dangerous drivers off our roads,' she said. 'These laws are in place to protect people - and quite simply breaking them can cause serious injury or even death.

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'We don't tolerate it and those in violation will face the consequences.' You have been warned.

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PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The Arizona Department of Transportation is testing thermal cameras as a way to detect wrong-way drivers, and the agency said it has already had success. The system spotted two recent wrong-way drivers along the Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway in the northwest Valley during the last two days. [SPECIAL SECTION: ] According to ADOT, a thermal camera being tested at the Loop 101 and 75th Avenue detected an eastbound driver, later identified as, going onto the freeway using the exit ramp early Sunday morning. The camera alerted ADOT's Traffic Operations Center, which triggered warnings on overhead message boards and alerted the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Troopers were able to stop the driver on the 101 near Grand Avenue. Kabanda faces two counts of endangerment and one count of DUI. 'With lights and siren activated, a patrol trooper was able to position her vehicle in a way to successfully get the vehicle to move to the shoulder of the road.