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Thought I saw one yesterday on Mains Road near sunnybank. White commodore ute parked at the side of the road with dark tint. When I looked around as we drove past I saw the screen n all the other bullshit normal cop cars have.

They had one up the road from the BP at Goodna, White Pajero, black windows and the globe sticking out the snorkel. Funny that, you should just look out for cars that have tint you can't see through sitting on the side of the road.

Oh and two big arse radio antenna's sticking up.

I've heard too many mixed stories about this to know if it's fact or fiction. From what I can gather, they're saying that with how good the technology is getting they can get you to the number, so why let people off who always do 3 or 4 over. Last I heard was if you came up in the system for always being over - you'd get a fine.

It just doesn't seem like it could work though. All you need is your tyre pressure higher or lower then they were when your car left the factory, and it'll throw it out... or put on your spare tyre and it throws it out etc etc. It's all well and good that police say 'it's the motorists responsibility to have their speedo checked and make sure it's accurate' but they can be thrown off by so many things that I think it might all be a bit of a myth for the 2 and 3 km over thing.

i have seen someone on the QLD transport site that said that there was a 3km/h margin of error that they allowed you before booking you. this has been the case for a few years now. before that it used to be 10%.

my whole complaint with hidden speed cameras is that they don't stop people from speeding, they just raise money. i mean how is getting a speeding fine a month after the school holidays supposed to reduce the road toll. if they want people to slow down put neon signs and big flashing lights on the speed cameras, then people will slow down. the more they see of the police the more they will behave themselves. if they don't see any police then they are going to act like idiots and possibly kill someone. sending someone a fine 3 weeks later won't do much good if they've already crashed the car and died.

i have seen someone on the QLD transport site that said that there was a 3km/h margin of error that they allowed you before booking you. this has been the case for a few years now. before that it used to be 10%.

my whole complaint with hidden speed cameras is that they don't stop people from speeding, they just raise money. i mean how is getting a speeding fine a month after the school holidays supposed to reduce the road toll. if they want people to slow down put neon signs and big flashing lights on the speed cameras, then people will slow down. the more they see of the police the more they will behave themselves. if they don't see any police then they are going to act like idiots and possibly kill someone. sending someone a fine 3 weeks later won't do much good if they've already crashed the car and died.

Exactly like on sat when I was driving into the city I went onto the highway at kessels road behind a police car

when on the highway he was sitting at about 90kmh and not one car went past him and ever car slowed to his speed and by the time I got to the clem tunnel entance there was no cars behind me yet there were alot when I got on with the cop

and also everytime when People see a speed camera people throw on the ancors even if there already 20kmh under the limit

he was cleverly parked in the breakdown zone...where there is a random car of some sort almost every day, wasnt a bad attempt

This wouldn't happen down south, they'd be too worried a truck would clean it up while parked there.

Known to date:

3x WB ute's - One is blue with a random sticker on back window

1x mid 90's Magna wagon

they have a fleet of Golf's, both GTI and non GTI.

Waiting on colour's and more info from the company fitting the camera gear to them... Dun dun dun

Known to date:

3x WB ute's - One is blue with a random sticker on back window

1x mid 90's Magna wagon

they have a fleet of Golf's, both GTI and non GTI.

Waiting on colour's and more info from the company fitting the camera gear to them... Dun dun dun

So are they all unmanned, or just the smaller cars?

Successive state governments in the eastern states certainly (not sure about TAS and WA) have rooted pillaged and missmanaged the finances and revenues of the said states atrociously for so long and to the degree that they ere essentialy broke so anything that raises revenue is a goer, got a Railway ? -flog it off , in Qld they'd rent out Anna B for Saturday night special tricks if they thought they could get taker so no-one should be supprised if the motorist is a target.

There's millions of us and the road laws are now so draconian that that not getting a ticket for something is becoming virtualy impossible, no matter how saintly a driver you are, so there can be no reason for anyone rational to not understand that the whole motoring community is been recognised as a cash cow to be milked as hard as possible , it's an asset that just can't be exhausted it's self funding, growing and self replenishing.

Any mealy mouthed plattitudes about speeding are quite simply smoke and mirrors and not even good ones , 50% of all road deaths are caused by bad roads it's that simple , speeding makes up about 15% the facts and figures are there for anyone to find .

So get used to it-you're in the barrel next--. :P --for something .

2007 co-incidentally had the highest toll in 10 years (since 1996 (385)) at 360... A big enough random spike...

Your random statistics are made up...

Qld Road Toll

This shows the trend for qld specifically

Drink driving statistics

I've gotta get ahold of the data I had for QLD/nationally but here is an example of how high the toll is in VIC

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resources/...iew_mar2010.pdf

This is the study from 2008-2009 for road tolls... Shows funily enough its the 25-59 brackets that die the most...

There was a chart straight off the BoS that shows the %... was in the sunday mail 3-4 weeks ago... something like 28% was speeding and 20% was drink driving offenses... Problem being I am STILL waiting for them to send me a copy of the breakdown for an article I am writing... I believe you will find the % of fines made for offenses of <15km over will be very high

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