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I like the system in NSW but, i kinda have respect for it, advertising the camera ensures they get the end result they want ie people slow down at a hot spot and isnt a simple money grab

Agree andy..

when i was driving around in NSW on the way too woollongong its soo tempting to speed up and down the mountains.. and the big mofo signs catch ur attention and send u back to reality.

might i ask wher are theses speed reading signs.. i havent seen any around .. but then again i dont venture more than 15kms from the M1.

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For those who are concerned with fixed cameras, get a TomTom and add them as POI's(Points of interest) and you can set your TomTom to give you an audible alert everytime you are within x distance from them. I currently have this setup for Police stations so I know to have the car in a higher gear then needed to keep the sound down.

I think if they are signed like in NSW it is a good thing, as you see the signs and slow down so the desired outcome in high accident zones is achieved. Better than the mobile cameras that they hide in the shrubs!

Why doesn't any australian state make a defensive driving course a compulsory part of getting your Ps or full license? Germany does and look how few accidents they have for the population! They also have cops who go around recording on a video camera peoples bad driving. They then pull them over to explain why what they did was dangerous, not hand out fines. That would be so much more useful!

Tarragindi off-ramp (M1) on Brisbane's Southside

Bruce Highway at Burpengary

east-side of the Story Bridge targeting vehicles traveling from both directions.

Can anyone with a GPS give me the lat and long so I can store these in my Tom Tom?

Thanks :teehee:

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Biggest problem I see here in QLD James is the Police and government only seem to consirntrate on speeding and how to reduce speeding cars on the road.

I dont know the specific percentages, but I reckon at a good guess that speeding is probablly the cause in maby less than 20% of all accidents.

The fatal 4 as they say makes up for over 95% of all fatilities. So what are they doing to reduce people from driving tired? What about making car makers to install a system where the car wont start until the seat belts is clicked in? Also what about more random breath testing, I know I have not been pulled over for that in years.

I reckon the reason they concerntrate on speeding is because its raising money from tickets, and its easy to monitor and issue fines with the current technoligy around today.

I personally believe the state government and federal government need to spend some time and look into possible solutions to lowering fatilities in car accidents by looking at the other 3 major causes of accidents (Driving tired, seat belts and drink driving). The look at he federal black spots where there are always accidents and find a way to redesign the road to be more suitable to the conditions rain, hail or shine. If this means lowering the speed limit then do it. If it means putting in a cement barrier in the middle than do it, maby some extra signage and line marking might make a world of difference.

Anyway enough from me for now, I just believe they are not doing enough and spending the tax payers dollars in the wrong areas. Im not saying dont have speed cameras cause they are a deterant and very usefull to slow speeders down. But please look at other ways to reduce road tolls, look at a better way to spend the money raised from speeding fines and use it to improve black spots and most importantlly driver education.

Not to mention that any accident that usually ends up being driver inattentiveness tends to get marked as excessive speed because assholes don't own up to the fact that they weren't paying attention.

This also includes not driving to the road and traffic conditions.

what really annoys the shit outa me is people who do 70 in an 80 zone, then continue to do 70 after it has changed to a 60 zone. they just couldn't give a f**k about the rules just need to do their own thing grrrrrrrrr that rages me.

it sucks the enough is enough campaign has failed, i think the target was 320 deaths, which has been exceeded twice in the past two years. such a waste

I dont know the specific percentages, but I reckon at a good guess that speeding is probablly the cause in maby less than 20% of all accidents.

Speed doesn't cause accidents, failing to give way causes accidents. You can't run into other cars/pedestrians if you follow the road rules and give way where required. Speed can contribute to an accident (there is a big difference between causing and contributing) which is what the media will always focus on.

The fatal 4 as they say makes up for over 95% of all fatilities. So what are they doing to reduce people from driving tired? What about making car makers to install a system where the car wont start until the seat belts is clicked in? Also what about more random breath testing, I know I have not been pulled over for that in years.

I reckon the reason they concerntrate on speeding is because its raising money from tickets, and its easy to monitor and issue fines with the current technoligy around today.

Three pretty simple reasons for speed cameras:

1. Speed cameras are cheap, people are not. How many cameras can you buy for $50k? And that's a once off payment.

2. Speed cameras can fine multiple people per second in the right location. You can't raise those kinds of dollars with real police doing real police work.

3. People are so used to being bent over now we have grown to just accept it.

Anyway enough from me for now, I just believe they are not doing enough and spending the tax payers dollars in the wrong areas. Im not saying dont have speed cameras cause they are a deterant and very usefull to slow speeders down. But please look at other ways to reduce road tolls, look at a better way to spend the money raised from speeding fines and use it to improve black spots and most importantlly driver education.

I don't have a problem with speed cameras either as they serve a purpose. I have a problem with the government touting these cameras as "saving lives" which the ignorant public swallows hook, line and sinker. We have no one to blame but ourselves because we vote these people in and we accept the crap they dish out without question.

Join politics then Marki...

Have a no speed camera policy... :yes:

I can see it now;

VOTE 1 Marki Hanson

"I believe in doing 100 in a 60 zone and getting away with it, I believe in O plates for old people, I believe in 180sx's beating Skylines in hill climbs, I believe in having a relationship with your first cousin should be legal, I believe in Ben Cousins promise to kick the habbit"

Would be funny, like the "National Womens Party" or "The fishing party" whats with those right wing nutter on the ballet paper???

you heard the nazi mod. VOTE 1 Me..

hanson..?? i did not have sexual relations with that woman!!!... maybe

ive never been done for speeding its always RBTs and smacks for having mods on my car.. in the GTR.. i got pulled over for speeding up the back of a cop and backing off. he couldnt prove my speed so he smacked my wrist.. i enjoyed it

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