Posted in Queensland on Mar 1st, 2010
Queensland’s Police Union president Ian Leavers questions whether an increase in the number of speed cameras is anything more than a revenue-raising exercise.
At last – someone else is finally stepping up and calling the speed camera program for what it is…collecting more state revenue under a masquerade of road safety.
Last year police clocked up 70,000 [...]
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Posted in Queensland on Dec 16th, 2009
The Queensland State Government is betting that the newly installed speed camera on the Warrego Highway in QLD will be availalbe to snap speeding motorists just in time for the Christmas holiday season.
Installed back in August, the speed camera is orientatewd to monitor those drivers heading towards speeding Brisbane at Muirlea – allegedly at a [...]
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Posted in Queensland on Dec 13th, 2009
SECRET speed camera vehicles with no warning signs, point-to-point speed cameras, alcohol ignition interlock devices and new speed traps will be part of Queensland’s biggest road safety blitz next year.
Police will use undercover vehicles – in a variety of models, makes, ages and colours, with no advance warning or departure signs at the site – [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in ACT, Automotive news, New South Wales, New Zealand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Radar Detectors, South Australia, Speed Cameras, Speeding Fines, Tasmania, UK, USA, Victoria, Western Australia on Nov 6th, 2009
Alan Jones talks to Lord Monckton, British climate change sceptic, who says the Copenhagen treaty is about creating a dictatorship world government
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