M7 & M5 Point To Point Speed Devices

[GTR-N1]

Rumour or Fact?

The M7 already has Point to Point Speed Devices being tested atm.

So as your E-Tag enters the M7, a photo is taken of your vehicle. Another is taken at exit. And if your average speed is deemed to be over 102Km/Hr, you get a speeding ticket.

The same system is being installed & ready for testing on the M5.

The Pacific Hwy is earmarked for the same.

[GTR-32U]

Wow this sucks as I too have heard this rumour. Apparently its quite common in a lot of the European countries.So i guess if you have been dialling up some big numbers on the speedo,pull over and relax for 5. Anything about the M4 ? As there are these rather odd looking boxes with cameras in them if you are heading westbound just before prospect Hwy exit. I dont know what they are. they seem to have a red glow inside them at nighttime

[TKR]

O.o only so they can put coppers else were to get more money. ---> glad i never use m5 or m7 XD

[PR34CH]

cant be true!! i use m7 and went at like 100-110 and no fine eek hope its not true..

[SHANE666]

thats shit house.

[eeiko321]

Rumour or Fact?

The M7 already has Point to Point Speed Devices being tested atm.

So as your E-Tag enters the M7, a photo is taken of your vehicle. Another is taken at exit. And if your average speed is deemed to be over 102Km/Hr, you get a speeding ticket.

The same system is being installed & ready for testing on the M5.

The Pacific Hwy is earmarked for the same.

gee terry......you always seem to come up with things to SCARE us!!!!

[XKLABA]

Highly possible and is somthing i have been saying since it first opened, they know when you get on when you get off

how far you've gone and how long it took, but not in force yet as under NSW law they have to let you know of possible

speeding fines. I believe those cameras are the same as the one's on GWH at M7 under pass and are for noise polution

but don't quote me on that.

[pbk1776]

Yeh its true shehan lol

[V35 Matt]

Its not true

[4doors13secs]

i was under the impression that they are only for over 4.5 tonne vehicles, like trucks and stuff...

[v_s_p_e_c]

no speed camera warning signs.

some guy got out of a speeding fine a few months back because there wasn't enough warning signs about the camera

i'll test this theory on monday

[SLY-25T]

i thought they were gonna do that for ages. thought last year y they werent doing it. but ive never gotten a fine so must just be trialling.

[badhairdave]

it was supposed to happen on the M4 3 years ago. It never did. That's why the extra cameras were installed.

And in NSW any speed camera (even the mobile ones) must have a warning sign. It's the same with the heavy vehicle ones on the freeways. They have to be sign posted.

Until you see the signs go up there's nothing there.

terry, you're one paranoid unit...

[GTR-N1]

it was supposed to happen on the M4 3 years ago. It never did. That's why the extra cameras were installed.

And in NSW any speed camera (even the mobile ones) must have a warning sign. It's the same with the heavy vehicle ones on the freeways. They have to be sign posted.

Until you see the signs go up there's nothing there.

terry, you're one paranoid unit...

Now Now Behave - you must never kill the messenger hehe

I'm only quoting Ms Tammy Umasaran from Dept of Transport.

And then I've consulted my brains trust ie. YOU GUYS!!

And finally,

I might be paranoid; BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NO-ONE FOLLOWING ME!!

[FATAZZ]

All rumours,been going on since the M7 first opened.

[Swiper the Fox]

they can also book you for making an illegal u-turn..as they know what entry you go on at and when you make a u-turn at one of the emergency vehicles only spots to double back and leave at the next exit..they pin you!

Edited March 1, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[GTR-N1]

I'm sure you're right about a U-Turn... even 3 U-Turns or 5 or 7.

But what about 2 or 4 or 6?

...sorry, couldn't hold myself back...

[R34Liner]

I'm sure you're right about a U-Turn... even 3 U-Turns or 5 or 7.

But what about 2 or 4 or 6?

...sorry, couldn't hold myself back...

HAHAH your a funny man terry - i always enjoy your threads and posts

[r32-25t]

its all false

infact it even says on the m7 website that is all rubbish and pay no attention to it

[NYTSKY]

I got this email also:

New Legislation M5 & M7 Re Speeding Fines

M5 and the M7 are now equipped with Point to Point Speed Devices. On

entering the M7 the etag beeps and a camera takes a photo

of

your car recording the exact time. On exiting the etag system beeps

again another camera at that point takes a photo of the car and the

time. Then the computer calculates the time it has taken you to travel

between the two points and calculates your speed. If you completed the

clocked journey too fast you are issued with a speeding ticket.

At the present the speed limit is 100K.P.H. with a tolerance of

102 maximum. Over that and you are issued with a fine automatically.

for a week and get a weeks' tickets BOTH WAYS. Of course your license

will also be recalled for 3 months. Now with the new legislation,

fighting a Speed Camera fine is almost impossible You must prove the

device is faulty and if you are not a technician working on them, you

have no chance of beating the fine.

The Pacific Highway has a set and these are recognized by large steel

frames over the lanes with a speed camera and some distance up

the road is another large metal frame with a speed camera.

These new point to point systems are being put onto any expressway and

highway where vehicles are not able to exit between those points.

NOTE: School zone cameras are not speed tolerant. Anything over, even 41, is a fine.

Tammy Umasaran

Corporate & Admin Support

Ministry of Transport

Phone: 02- 9891 8941

Fax: 02- 9891 8999

Greg Edwards

Chief Executive Officer

wk: 02 9780 1303

fx: 02 9892 4005

Was not sent from the Ministry of transport though, my old man sent it to me. Still not sure if this is true or not.

I guess call them.