Radar detectors, speed cameras and speeding fines
Posted in Western Australia on Jun 15th, 2010
THE Barnett government expects to reap an extra $120 million a year in speeding fines by doubling the number of police cameras on West Australian roads, and by becoming the first state to use digital hand-held cameras that detect speeding from a distance of 1.2km. Western Australia will also soon join other states in outlawing [...]
Posted in Western Australia on Jun 13th, 2010
LTI has integrated a laser with a digital video camera, making the LTI 20-20 TruCAM™ the most sophisticated speed enforcement tool available today. A complete chain of video evidence is collected, along with a high resolution image that identifies vehicle make and model, license plate number and facial characteristics of the driver. The TruCAM is [...]
Posted in Western Australia on May 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Western Australia on Apr 19th, 2010
An article on the West Australioan states that “The time-honoured practice of spotting a speed camera by the roadside and hitting the brakes will become pointless when the Government rolls out new cameras which photograph speeders from 100m.” This is BS – and yet again, is simply fear mongering / scare tactics put out. The [...]
Posted in Western Australia on Apr 6th, 2010
THE Sunday Times Road Safety Survey attracted 8000 respondents, of which a sample of 2000 were used to compile the date. Below is the full summary of the Road Safety Survey Results: • 36% of respondents have had one of their friends or family members killed in a road crash. This increased to 47% for [...]
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