Radar detectors, speed cameras and speeding fines
Posted in New South Wales on Nov 26th, 2009
The NSW government’s “re-announcement” of a plan to roll out digital red light cameras at busy intersections is incompetent and embarrassing, the state opposition says.
NSW Transport Minister David Campbell says 200 digital red light cameras will replace its network of obsolete “wet film” cameras.
The announcement comes seven years after it was first proposed by former [...]
Posted in Speed Cameras, UK on Nov 16th, 2009
A MOTORWAY speed camera responsible for raking in more than a million dollars in fines has been blamed for increasing accidents since it was installed.
The camera, which monitors a busy stretch of the M11 near London, results in 9000 tickets a year, but figures released by police show crashes have risen by a quarter at [...]
Posted in Western Australia on Nov 15th, 2009
SPEED-CAMERA operations look set to be privatised in WA, prompting fears that profiteering might overtake road-safety priorities.
Police Minister Rob Johnson revealed yesterday that his staff had been involved in “introductory meetings” with British firm Serco, which wanted to run WA’s multimillion-dollar speed-camera operations.
Mr Johnson admitted that privatising speed and red-light operations was on the Barnett [...]
Posted in Queensland on Nov 15th, 2009
Queensland Police will trial new high-tech cameras that will provide video and audio records of incidents on the road, from high-speed chases to roadside traffic stops.
The new camera system would be fitted to just one police car as it patrols various postings within the south east region and further afield in the state.
“We see this [...]
Posted in Automotive news on Nov 9th, 2009
A German court last month overturned a traffic citation after prosecutors failed to prove the accuracy of a new laser-based speed camera technology. The district court of Dillenburg heard testimony from four experts, each of whom cast doubt on the system. The Judge Matthias Gampe concluded that the motorist accused by a Poliscan automated ticketing [...]
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