page_title: Maus Gatsonides
section_title: Motor racing
hierarchical_section_title: Maus Gatsonides / Motor racing
caption_attribution_description: De Nederlander Maus Gatsonides heeft 2 modellen van de Gatso gebouwd, de Gatso 400 en de Gatso 1500. Van de 400 bestaat waarschijnlijk geen enkele exemplaar meer. Met de Gatso 1500 is hij echter nooit verder gekomen dan één prototype, bijgenaamd 'Platje' (1949). Die naam slaat op de zeer laag gebouwde carrosserie, getekend door Jan Apetz. In Platje is een zescilinder 1500-motor van Fiat gebruikt. Gatsonides heeft Platje zelf voor enkele wedstrijden en een recordpoging gebruikt. Platje is het enige exemplaar van het merk Gatso dat nog bestaat, Maus Gatsonides werd later bekend bij het grote publiek door zijn flitspalen en radarsystemen voor snelheidsmetingen.
context_page_description: Maurice "Maus" Gatsonides was a Dutch rally driver and inventor. Gatsonides was born in Central Java in the former Dutch East Indies. He founded the company "Gatsometer BV" in the Netherlands in 1958.
  Today, Gatsonides' fame largely results from inventing the Gatso speed camera, a speed measuring device used today by many police forces to catch speeding drivers. He originally invented the Gatso speed camera to measure his cornering speed in an attempt to improve his driving.
context_section_description: Gatsonides is primarily known for inventing the speed camera, but his primary interest was in motor racing. 
  Maurice was passionate about racing and raced in many events.
  In 1949, he built his own car. It was nicknamed the "Platje" (English: "Flatty")  because of its aerodynamic shape. The car caused a sensation at the Dutch Zandvoort Racetrack, passing all of the opponents including MG's. Maurice was forced to sell the Flatty to pay creditors after trying to put his own V8 sportscar into production. The Flatty however, survived. It was found abandoned in the 1970s and has now been restored by Joop Bruggeman. It is the last-known surviving Gatso car. 
  Gatsonides won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1953 driving a Ford Zephyr.
caption: Gatso 1500 Sport, aka "Platje", 1948
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