Traffic Cameras - Have They Gone Mad?

[Auscraft]

Hope our Government will follow the trend. Hope and wait.

[f-wolf]

Speeding Motorists Could Soon Get Penalty Notifications Via SMS

Aug 9, 2010

Speeding motorists caught by fixed cameras in Queensland may soon find a penalty notice in their SMS inbox, if a recommendation made to the Queensland Government by the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia is put into action.

Speaking at a public hearing in Brisbane, Institute spokesman Jason Deller told the state's Economic Development Committee that while fixed cameras "absolutely" work as a deterrent to speeding, the delay between the offence and the notification (usually by mail) was detrimental to the system's effectiveness.

Using either an SMS service or an iPhone/Android application, Mr Deller said motorists could be notified much sooner of their offence.

"The issue is it needs to be immediate, it needs to be as fast as possible so that it delivers the same notice as an officer standing on the edge of the road," Mr Deller said.

He did not address the question of how the relevant office would come to have access to mobile numbers (likely an opt-in service), or how this approach would mesh with the ongoing campaigns at national and state levels against sending or reading text messages while driving.

Speaking in defence of fixed cameras, Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Ian Stewart said that a fixed speed camera on the M1 in the Brisbane suburb of Tarragindi had reduced speeding offences since it was installed in 2008, although exact numbers were not provided.

From : Text Messages To Notify Motorists Of Speeding Penalties | Reviews | Prices | Australian specifications

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"The issue is it needs to be immediate, it needs to be as fast as possible so that it delivers the same notice as an officer standing on the edge of the road," Mr Deller said."

Then you also get booked for reading / using your Phone

Edited 12/08/10 12:55 AM by f-wolf

[hypnodoc]

The only way any Australian is ever going to beat or evade speed cameras is to immigrate. This academic twits that set the rules in the country are just idiots. TXT you a fine because it needs to be instant, what a f@$king crock. Of course the cameras in Brisbane have cut accidents, that must be the truth because a copper said it but wheres the proof, in my ar$e. Police have become state govt tax collectors and the fallacy of the danger of hoons and cameras being for road safety is firmly implanted into the brainwashed minds of Mr and Mrs Joe Average.

Maybe they all bought into this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubrtPy5cbmg

Edited 12/08/10 01:10 AM by hypnodoc

[Auscraft]

"Free and Independent" good words, very strong words.

I don't think I'm either Free nor Independent, bastards have taken it all away from us.

[f-wolf]

Queensland Speed Camera Operation Could Go To Civilians Under New Plan

Aug 13, 2010

The Queensland Government has proposed that operation of the state's speed camera vans be given over to private companies, freeing about 10,000 hours of police time.

Police Minister Neil Roberts said the plan is one option being presented to the Queensland Police Union (QPU) today in a bid to resolve a long-running wages dispute.

Mr Roberts said Queensland is the only state to have its mobile speed cameras operated exclusively by police officers, and the proposed change could allow a better wages outcome than the 7.5 percent increase currently on offer. The union is seeking a 12.5 percent increase.

"Currently all the mobile speed camera operations are done on overtime," Mr Roberts told the ABC.

"They're generally not done during normal office hours, so it's on overtime rates so being able to employ civilians would be a significant cost saving."

QPU President Ian Leavers has rejected the idea however, saying that the fact that the cameras are operated during overtime hours means very little rostered police time would actually be recovered.

"Police work the speed cameras on overtime - not on their rostered shift," Mr Leavers said. "The proposal will not put more police on the beat."

"To civilianise speed cameras is not going to fund an offer above 2.5 per cent - the funds saved would only be a drop in the ocean."

. .Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser told press today that he is confident of a good outcome, but said that if either party refused to budge, the Industrial Commission would have to step in.

From : Queensland Speed Camera Operation Could Go To Civilians Under New Plan | Reviews | Prices | Australian specifications

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Love the justification for it.

They draw that much fckin revenue from these things they could be paying the operators $300 an hour and still not have anything to worry about.

If they were serious they'd get rid of the mobile cameras and replace them with fixed installations in black-spots...you know the sites where they were originally only going to be used.

[Auscraft]

What amazes me the most that they are winging about labour cost in collecting millions. Very nice business.

May be they should consider getting students to sit in mobile vans for $10 bucks an hour, to maximise their enormous profits.

Unbelievable.

[f-wolf]

Queensland Fixed Speed Cameras Changing Driver Behaviour

Aug 20, 2010

Queensland's new fixed speed cameras have become a "powerful motivator" in changing driver behaviour for the better, according to the state's Police Minister, Neil Roberts. Mr Roberts told Queensland's parliament ....

At : Queensland Fixed Speed Cameras Changing Driver Behaviour | Reviews | Prices | Australian specifications

[Auscraft]

Has anyone seen Current Affairs tonight? Retired (I think) cop tells the truth about speed cameras. Worth watching.

Speed Cop

[Kimberley Scott]

Winging farkers, they are put there for your good being. Now shut up pay your taxes and be thankful the government knows what is good for you, as it clear you dont have a clue.

Scotty