(This article appeared on the IOL web site on 5 March 2007 - IOL Home Page )

A 35-year-old man was arrested for evading a speed trap in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni metro police said.

The driver of a BMW M3 had a "laser jammer" inserted on his number plates to avoid being caught by a speed camera, Inspector Jimmy Maboko said.

He said a chip is inserted onto both plates so that when the car passes the speed trap, the camera "jams" instead of recording the speed and number plates of the vehicle.