A total of 1,650 speeding vehicles were caught by 10 speed camera in Luxembourg in the course of just 22 hours, a minister has revealed.

The first 10 fixed speed cameras went live in Luxembourg at 9am on Wednesday and though the event had been heavily covered in the media, it would appear many motorists were caught surprise.

Infrastructure Minister François Bausch said during an interview with RTL radio on Thursday that the 10 cameras recorded 1,650 speeding motorists within the space of 22 hours.

During Wednesday night, a number of lorries and buses were also flashed. He said that in the majority of cases, the excess speed was not too big and stressed that the cameras allowed a small margin of error.

However, in one case at Schlammesté, where the speed limit is 70km/h, a motorist was flashed driving at 105 km/h, marking a speed excess of more than 50 percent.