Nsw Safety Camera Thread

[jebud]

All those with radar detectors, throw them in the bin and buy and iphone... is this app still worthwhile?

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/49843/trapster-phone-app

Or buy the Laser sheild 2000 (ghost plate)

http://www.ghostplates.com/?gclid=CKLJsdn8l6ICFQ3EbwodoFpzVQ

Just to reiterate, there wouldn't be a market for these if people just slowed down!

[RB ONEVIA]

sydney by far has the worst roads compared to other capital cities in OZ (but i haven't been to darwin).

I thought Melb/Adelaid were best

canberra has the best roads but the worst drivers.........

[SECURITY]

anyone with an iphone can download trapster. its free and you can make an account. its got user added cameras/red light cameras etc as well as push notifications when there is a speed trap, rbt, fire, ice on road, accidents etc in your set area (works on radius). its pretty good and i usually report things when i see them and others do too, could be a license saver.

ontop of that the push notifications force you to check your speed - ive found myself checking my speed a lot more often since i downloaded this app. AND you're a lot more weary on days where the push notifications are going off more regularly.

[GoldZilla]

I'm pretty sure Trapster is multi-platform too, so it can work on Blackberry, Nokias, Android-based phones, etc..

http://trapster.com/download_phones.php

If you've got an iPhone, the location mapping isn't perfect, but if you close down Trapster, open the Maps App , lock in your location and then go back into Trapster, it's a lot better.

[dont_ask]

Does anyone agree with me on this one. I was driving my Friends DC5 Integra Type R the other time and I was coming from the city through ANZAC bridge some moron was really close from behind. I knew there was a safety camera up a head and the lights change orange I press the brake and the moron behinds hits me. I think the Government is a stupid to make safety camera in incidents like that this could be avoid I just had press the accelerator a little harder and I would of got through the light but because its a safety camera i decided to stop. Which was a bad idea either way.

I believe these f***en safety camera will cause a lot more accidents what do you think?

[Kujotk]

yeah but if it played out as you said it did, then it is the other drivers fault..... I agree safety cams are stupid and just another money spinner for a governemnt that is in debt, but if it creates a few more rear enders and less t-bones or head ons then isn't that worth the increase in rear enders? Especially if it came down to your turn and you were the guy involved in the t-bone?

The idea should reduce fatalities at notorious intersections, but really how many accidents happen at intersections in Sydney that were caused by speeding through a red light that were not involved in a high speed car chase or a stolen car? Safety cameras are a false sense of security as most traffic light incidents happen from stolen cars who don't care if they are running red lights over the speed limmit.

Safty spikes that deploy at speeding cars or red light runners would be better than a camera, but that is just my imagination lol.

[gizzmo]

2 more getting built great western highway St marys near the band club......