nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 7m 30d Location: Perth WA Posted 03/12/07 10:23 PM Share Posted 03/12/07 10:23 PM Chops,I have many friends that are Cops, Fireys and Ambo's and one thing they all say is very few crashes they attend are due to excessive speed.Most are due to stupidity, inattention or Drugs/Booze. The reason that speed is blamed is to give the government a valid reason to continue to fine us.Do not think for one second that any governmnet give a toss about our road safety.The fact will remain that people will die on the roads, no matter how slow we drive, how safe the cars are or how good we are as drivers.yep the govt uses the speed excuse for a very simple reason - its easy to go throw 100 random speed cameras around and watch the cash pour in.Invent a stupidity/inattention camera and watch the govt change its tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 17y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 04/12/07 04:06 AM Share Posted 04/12/07 04:06 AM If you take speeding as driving to fast for the conditions then I agree with you totally, but if you are talking about arbitrary speed limits and being a couple of K's over them then I totally disagree with you .agree'dIMO there are plenty of roads where you sit on 130 comftablymost of the speed limits are way to low.As our cars get better and safer the speed limits constantly go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Large Member Member 564 Member For: 18y 17d Location: Brisvegas Posted 14/12/07 05:00 AM Share Posted 14/12/07 05:00 AM Anyone see a 'story' on the news last night about the Brisbane Story Bridge fixed camera? I missed it but someone was telling me they made some sort of claim that they would be 'setting the cameras to 1km over...'?They also said something about a recent car crash 200m before the camera and made some link/justification to/for the camera. Was speed even a factor? I heard a lady died?Frigging flip flop media, one day its 'YAY, speed cameras save lives!' the next day its 'Cameras Cash Cows' or 'How accurate are they?'Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 07:31 AM Share Posted 14/12/07 07:31 AM There was speculation about 1 km/h hour over, but nothing confirmed. The same speculator mentioned that the cameras where expected to run out of film within the first hour - you'd think in this day and age the farkers would be digital There is supposedly 10% leeway in Qld, have never seen this in writing, but have ever received a fine within the 10% so I doubt the 1 km/h thing is factual; but then who knows with the money-grabbing parasites life-saving government we have.Had the misfortune of going over to Kangaroo Point this arvo....no bastard will be caught speeding as everyone is over-cautious and doing about 40 km/h now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Large Member Member 564 Member For: 18y 17d Location: Brisvegas Posted 14/12/07 08:40 AM Share Posted 14/12/07 08:40 AM Lowest I have been done is 112 in a 100, lowest I've heard is 99 in a 90. Anyone else had lower? I wonder how those camera's would go with some nice big home made electro magnets. Ive got a free weekend and I brought my tools home from site I wonder...........Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 12:22 PM Share Posted 14/12/07 12:22 PM (edited) Yep I've heard of lower. Someone got done for doing 88(or something in the 80's) in a 100km/hr zone. Edited 14/12/07 12:23 PM by EZ2CME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 12:31 PM Share Posted 14/12/07 12:31 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 12:32 PM Share Posted 14/12/07 12:32 PM Mate that is still a ten percent margin. As far as I am aware, ADR only require ten percent accuracy of speedos, most states will set speed measuring devices to comply with this. They are not required to but usually do. recently the Sa Police Minister let slip that Melbournes speed cameras did infact have a ten percent margin.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 12:35 PM Share Posted 14/12/07 12:35 PM Yep I didn't believe it at first either. I work for Qld Transport and deal with alot of the speeding fines that come in. I saw the infringment notice myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/12/07 12:38 PM Share Posted 14/12/07 12:38 PM 88 in a 100 zone? Not a typo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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