Captain Gatso (born in the late 1960s) is a pseudonymous England-based political activist involved in motorists' rights, specifically relating to
speed limit enforcement
Speed limits are enforced on most public roadways by authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits. Methods used include roadside speed traps set up and operated by the police and automated roadside " speed camera" ...
. The name derives from speed cameras, some of which are manufactured by Gatsometer BV and referred to by the abbreviation
Gatso
Gatso is the brand that Gatsometer BV (now known as Sensys Gatso Group when Sensys acquired Gatso in 2015) use on their speed cameras and red light cameras. The most commonly encountered Gatso speed cameras emit radar beams to measure the speed ...
.
Gatso has said that he "may or may not be" the campaign director of Motorists Against Detection (MAD), a group which claimed responsibility for speed camera destruction and damage in 2003. Gatso wore a plastic
Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader ...
mask during stunts and
photo op
A photo op (sometimes written as photo opp), short for photograph opportunity (or photo opportunity), is an arranged opportunity to take a photograph of a politician, a celebrity, or an event. He said in a 2004 interview that he has "never gone round disabling cameras" personally.
In August 2023 a caller to
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identifying themselves as Captain Gatso claimed to be the campaign director of the '
Blade Runners
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', a group who have sabotaged surveillance cameras in London in response to the expansion of the city's
Ultra Low Emission Zone
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is an area in London, England, where an European emission standards, emissions standard based charge is applied to non-compliant road vehicles. Plans were announced by London Mayor Boris Johnson in 2015 for ...