Speed Camera Question

[agentx]

Hi guys;

I was going through a traffic light at the normal speed limit and a car came flying past me from behind and the camera flashed! he was probably doing 80 in a 60 zone - Pretty sure we were right next to each other when the flash happened so my question is, I wouldn't be pinged by that fine would I? How do the camera's know which car was over the limit?

[russ123]

Hi guys;

I was going through a traffic light at the normal speed limit and a car came flying past me from behind and the camera flashed! he was probably doing 80 in a 60 zone - Pretty sure we were right next to each other when the flash happened so my question is, I wouldn't be pinged by that fine would I? How do the camera's know which car was over the limit?

the exact same thing happened to me and i didn't get a fine that was 6-7 months ago now so wouldn't sweat ,not sure about how it pick which cars which

[dezz]

Pretty sure they can't issue a fine if there's more than one car in the photo. So if you do get a fine, request the photo and contest it based on the above

[R31Nismoid]

They know which lane triggered.

You won't get a fine. They most certainly will send out if more than one car is in the pic.

I mean take the cameras on Hoddle St, Dandenong Rd etc - Traffic 24x7 and the cameras go off like Christmas lights!

[XKLABA]

fairly sure the sensors in the road that detect your speed should also be able to tell the cops what lane the speeding car was in, other wise the cameras take two pics so the car that moves further from picture to picture wins the ticket

[Birds]

As above, sensor information is included with photo and if you request the photo it will actually mark in which lane you were speeding. Two pics are taken at intersection cameras and these show which car was going faster.

[agentx]

So differing opinions eh - ok i'll revive this thread if I get one - I'll definitely be contesting it IF they don't have lane sensors (seems unlikely that they do for some reason)

[SS8_Gohan]

differing opinions? seems like everyone is in agreement... nothing to worry about

[Spunky Munky]

You should not worry - you were doing the right thing...their technology should differentiate accordingly but even if it fails to - just spend 10 minutes wring them a letter to contest the fine and you will definitely be in the clear - wait 1 month or so and you should know...don't worry...

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

They know which lane triggered.

You won't get a fine. They most certainly will send out if more than one car is in the pic.

I mean take the cameras on Hoddle St, Dandenong Rd etc - Traffic 24x7 and the cameras go off like Christmas lights!

this is true, however those camera's on hoddle are pretty much always faulty

[WYTSKY]

Since we are on the topic of speed/red light cameras and hoddle st... I see it happen alot where people get in the right lane to turn right, sitting on the sensor and then go f"k it, i'll go straight, get off the sensor and the camera obviously takes a shot as it thinks they are turning on a red... is what they are doing legal? or are you obliged to turn right?

[Birds]

differing opinions? seems like everyone is in agreement... nothing to worry about

Paranoid OP hear's what paranoid OP wants to hear

Since we are on the topic of speed/red light cameras and hoddle st... I see it happen alot where people get in the right lane to turn right, sitting on the sensor and then go f"k it, i'll go straight, get off the sensor and the camera obviously takes a shot as it thinks they are turning on a red... is what they are doing legal? or are you obliged to turn right?

I think it's technically illegal to do that, because you're changing directions at an intersection and you almost always have to cross over a solid line to do this manouvre. But I don't think you'd get a camera fine for it if the camera went off. Reason being, is that red light cameras must take two photos for you to receive a fine: one at the first sensor when you cross the pedestrian lines into the intersection, and a second photo upon crossing the sensor at the middle/end of the intersection. The assumption is that people who willingly travel through the red will cross over both sensors, whilst those wanting to stop short of it and not completely cross the intersection will only get snapped once - behaviour they obviously want to promote. Saw a friend driving and put on their brakes in the wet once...they were carrying a heavy load and their tyres weren't fantastic, so they skidded to a stop in the middle of the intersection. Camera went off once, but no fine ever came of it.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Since we are on the topic of speed/red light cameras and hoddle st... I see it happen alot where people get in the right lane to turn right, sitting on the sensor and then go f"k it, i'll go straight, get off the sensor and the camera obviously takes a shot as it thinks they are turning on a red... is what they are doing legal? or are you obliged to turn right?

did it once, camera went off... no fine