New Speed Cameras On Before Easter.

[Dagabond]

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Dan Oakes

March 9, 2007

VICTORIA will unroll its latest technology to tackle the road toll in time for the Easter holidays. The state will become the first in Australia to introduce point-to-point cameras, which enable police to measure the time it takes motorists to travel between two points before calculating their average speed. The new method aims to catch drivers who slow down to avoid single fixed speed cameras. <-me.

Five cameras will monitor a stretch of the Hume Freeway between the Western Ring Road to about 80 kilometres outside Melbourne. Large flashing signs will mark all cameras.

"They're highly visible," said Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby. "They're mainly situated in the median strip area and there's nothing at all covert about them. They're quite substantial structures." The cameras will be introduced in conjunction with parabolic cameras on the Western Ring Road.

Police hope the new cameras will reduce the Easter holidays road toll. "The difference with the point to point (cameras) is that it's a simple mathematical equation," said Mr Ashby. "It will catch those motorists that slow down for the single site cameras and speed up in the areas between."

Mr Ashby said police had consulted widely before deciding to introduce the

cameras, and would publicise their introduction. As with existing mobile and fixed cameras, the new cameras will include a "legislative tolerance" for motorists who have exceeded the speed limit by a small amount.

A multiple infringement policy means motorists will not be booked several times over the same stretch of road.

RACV general manager for public policy Ken Ogden said he supported the new cameras but called on police and the State Government to ensure the public knew about their benefits. "We don't object to automated enforcement where there is a clear road safety benefit," Dr Ogden said. "I think it is absolutely essential that the Government explains to the public what the road safety benefit is of this technology."

Crank up that revenue boy's.

[Dannopower]

Kunts

I feel sorry for you victorians sometimes!

[saleen]

Yeh, cut the road toll. The road toll that's already 0 on those big straight multi-lane highways.

Like Dannopower said, I feel sorry for yas.

BTW- I thought those cameras were already installed in Vic?????

[EvilDaifu]

I've seen them installed for awhile now, but rumour was that they were only checking the speeds of trucks and that cars were not being monitored (until now by the looks of the article).

[SCRIBR]

what a bunch of w*nkers

the main cause of death on those roads is people falling sleep at the wheel..

business idea : just before each "check point" *TIME EXTENSION* put a maccas (driver reviver).. so speeders can stop and reduce their average speed

[ducatijb]

Maybe the flashing lights are to keep us awake on the Humourless Hwy... Bracks is Vic's problem....you voted him in

[gilfxr6t]

So once you go through point A all you can do is look at your speedo... There may be babies flying over your bonnet and 50 old people stuck to your bull bar but that doesn’t matter because all you can look at is your speedo.

What I will be doing if I ever go down south is taking my coffee break on the side of the road after point A for 20 minuets and then drive at 280kph as there will be no police.

[SCRIBR]

trouble is.. u will be averaging 186km/h

[AceofSpades]

  EvilDaifu said:

I've seen them installed for awhile now, but rumour was that they were only checking the speeds of trucks and that cars were not being monitored (until now by the looks of the article).

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that's all they were doing.

But they were/are linked to the National 'Saftey Cam' HEavy Vehicle scheme, where trucks are mointored for both speeding adnd drivign hours and if they pass thru a site while not in legal hours ( 12 hrs driving is the legal max in australia ) the truck rego is flagged for the next time it pulls into a weighbridge. and Bingo, more fines...

They doo seem to have a fair tolerance, as I hit one at 105 kph in the truck and we are supposed to be nationaly speed limited to 100. didnt recieve anything.

so they seem to be good.

[Evil F6]

It's not called Pigtoria for no reason. Absolute farkin joke. I like the BS about widely consulted. Bracks consulted treasury and said we need to screw the motorists more which was rubber stamped in the blink of an eye.

Oh well I'll be driving in and out on the Princess. I always drive down the coast rd, but usually leave as fast as possible by the Hume. But what a god boring ugly way to go. If I don't go via the princess I'll go up through Mansfield.

To Bracks and the revenue collecting cops you're a bunch of

I don't fell sorry for you at all; you nongs voted him in again.