By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline
Published: 17:26 GMT, 10 January 2019 | Updated: 00:20 GMT, 12 January 2019
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The new speed cameras (pictured) have been cropping up across southern England
This is the new speed camera that uses infrared equipment to catch people eating, drinking and smoking behind the wheel.
The 'yellow vulture' is designed to catch out motorists who are using their phones, but can also spot people not wearing a seatbelt.
And given their different appearance to the familiar yellow cameras recognised up and down the country, you might not even realise you've been caught out.
They have already begun cropping up in the south of England, Devon Live and Essex Live have reported.
If you do spot any, it's guaranteed that another will be lurking nearby - as two are set at a minimum of 200 metres apart.
They are then synchronised to record the times every vehicle passes, achieving this by reading the number plates.
The yellow vultures (pictured in Plymouth) do not share the same colour as their predecessors
The average speed between the
