_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 4m 21d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/10/13 12:57 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 12:57 PM ^^WHSActually surprised Holbrook hasn't been bypassed yet although I like driving passed that submarine there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 15/10/13 10:24 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 10:24 PM Anyone driven in Victoria recently?Not sure when you have been in Vic last but the roads here a fkn excellent. Have you ever driven in Sydney? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 15/10/13 11:24 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:24 PM Haha.. I got told the opposite.. One of my coworkers reckoned the border crossing was like leaving a highway and hitting a goat track.. But more interested in the constant speed environment changes on the highways with the constant speed up and slow down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,746 Member For: 16y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/10/13 11:42 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:42 PM I can show you some data that shows how effective speed cameras were when they were first introduced.. And how effective they have been every year since..My conclusion..They need to find another new scare tactic.. Cause that one ain't working anymore..Would love to see this data ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRK Member 361 Member For: 12y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 15/10/13 11:46 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:46 PM Interesting - In the WA govt's annual reports over half the speeders in WA get fined for <10KMS over the posted limits.There are no stats available under FOI on results from individual locations of mobile cameras and just how many speeders, and at what speed they are caught at, from each venue. The Boofhead MP who runs the electorate I am in to whom I wrote to about this was "unable to assist."The coppers know the good spots - that is why Paganoni Road near Mandurah gets a regular flogging ....... lots of nice little 75 buck fines.Anyway, I got my lesson - double or nothing for a year - after a too-quick overtake of a truck on a deserted four lane road and the Nissan Xtrail parked in the bush. Shouldn't be speeding - that is a given - saving lives on the roads with speed cameras at the right spots is another given - fixing f*&&ed up state budgets and economic idiocy with fines - P1ss off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,746 Member For: 16y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/10/13 11:50 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:50 PM This guy sums it up extremely well. At least we're not the only ones suffering with enforcement tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 15/10/13 11:53 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:53 PM Keith if you remind me when I'm back in the office.. There are a couple graphs I can upload that are public info.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,746 Member For: 16y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/10/13 11:56 PM Share Posted 15/10/13 11:56 PM I'll just read your mind as to the part of when you're back in the office next, haha. When might that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 15y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 16/10/13 12:01 AM Share Posted 16/10/13 12:01 AM Not sure when you have been in Vic last but the roads here a fkn excellent. Have you ever driven in Sydney? Getting better but still a loooooooooooooong way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 16/10/13 12:02 AM Share Posted 16/10/13 12:02 AM End of next week.. The gist of the graph is it shows a remarkable decrease in road fatalities from 1998-2002.. When speed cameras were first introduced in QLD.. However since 2002 people lost the fear that speed cameras could be 'anywhere' when we only noticed them once a blue moon, so speed related fatalities increased across 3 years to over 125% of the 1998 figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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