THE Department of Transport (DfT) would like to see the use of in-car radar detectors banned.

The DfT are working with police to find ways to make speed camera spotters illegal, claiming that motorists using a radar detector were preventing police from obtaining speeding convictions and they would like to see a change in the law.

The news has caused outrage from suppliers of speed detection devices.

Mark Cornwall of Car Parts Direct, the company supplying the Quintezz XT7000 Plus radar detector in the UK, said: “A Mori-poll has proved conclusively that a radar detector's user is 28 per cent less likely to have an accident than a none-user.

“The DfT aim to try to ban radar detectors is just unbelievable – a radar detector is a proven road safety device. This demonstrates yet again the government’s greed for cash from the motorists and bears no relation to road safety.”

Mr Cornwall says drivers' fear of losing their licence, job and income has made a radar detector a necessity for many motorists.

The suppliers of the Quintezz XT7000-Plus radar detector offer to pay a motorist’s £60 speeding ticket if the user receives a fine due to any Gatso or police laser gun while the unit is fitted