Mobile Speed Cameras

[Aaron WildeMember]

The other day I was going into Moree to get some lunch from the corner store. I was not in a rush but I was not paying attention to my speed. Anyway on the outskirts of town I looked down to see that I could have been doing approximately 63kmh in a 50 zone. I was straight on the picks when I realized my error. Coincidentally I realized that there was one of those new fan-dangled Ford Territory mobile speed cameras about 100m in front of me :ohmy:. Well now I am paying the waiting game. I heard that they are not legal and are currently in court to see if they can give out fines??? I was also told that they were run by civilians?(Not police) I also came across the same vehicle on a country road the next day. I have never been “flashed” by so many people warning of the camera ahead. Normally if there is a highway patrol car or the likes ahead you will get one or two but every car flashed me from about 15 ks out. Would have been more than ten cars! Seems people’s reactions to the cameras are a little different. I personally think a text or similar message should be sent to inform you of your wrong doing. Yes people could argue that it would be dangerous to read the text while you drove along but I would do as everybody else does and pull over to read it :laugh:.The Technology would be simple, the car probably has a modem or phone of some description.Even if the dude in the car is not responsible for deciding to send the letter why can’t they be trained to? They don’t have much else to do and a probably bored out of their brain. I think that if you are driving in a manner dangerous enough to warrant being fined you should be stopped and informed of your poor form. I have not been booked for over 10 years and have all my points but I would like to know the outcome. Either or . I for one do not agree with speed cameras and would much rather see more highway patrols on the road than these things.

[scott bockingMember]

It’s true that they are a private company contracted by the government. That means instead of patrolling black spots they hang out in spots that are easy picking like the bottom of hills and on the edges of towns where the limits change.
We have always combined that it is about revenue not safety and they have proven it by going to a private business who makes commission on fines issued.

STM

[RoyMember]

Would have been cheaper to have lunch at my place.

[Aaron WildeMember]

Sad but true Roy I could have driven to the Bri! but the time factor could have been an issue. The second time I saw it was near the Truck overpass at the Idimitsu Coal mine. So keep an eye on your speed Roy they are in you backyard too. Thanks STM that could mean that I am off the hook. :woohoo: Now I just need to find out if there is a dispute over their ability to give fines :unsure: Not holding my breath though!

[RoyMember]

Apparently the overpass area is a favourite spot now.

[dennis da menaceMember]

you poor buggers.

hope it doesnt get like it is here, up there.

at least you guys have warning signs before your fixed cameras….
we get nothing. vic is the only state in Aus without warning.
we also have the most cameras.

behind signs, under bridges, in parked cars and moving ones.

Victoria is f**ked in this sense.

pure reverue raising.

now they want to bring in number plate recognition devices into the patrol cars.
so if you owe a fine or something, the police car will spot you in the traffic while the coppers are sitting eating donuts :laugh: :laugh:

an example; from melbourne to geelong is about 65km and dead flat and straight, its a divided road with centre barriers there is 3 lanes each way….
there are 8 fixed cameras en route :angry: how does that tie into road safety???

and also, all the cameras down here at intersections are red light and speed cameras.
so if you speed, you get flashed,
if you run a red, you get flashed.
and if your doing both, youre rooted :huh:

Victoria, The revenue state :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Aaron WildeMember]

Why there? They should take it to the stretch between Tarawan and the Bri where you do see the occasional cross beside the road. I will say it again so no one gets the wrong idea with this thread. I think Excessive Speed in areas where it is dangerous and people have been injured or worse because of speed should be policed. My family is out there with the fools too. Sad to say but sometimes I have been the Fool. I am not talking about strait out speed. Its things like overtaking that car that was traveling a bit slow and getting back in a bit after the white lines had closed while doing 150+ etc etc.

[Scott SouthwellMember]

Aaron, if you have not been fined in ten years, have all your points and a gold licence if you get a fine write a letter to the State Debt Recovery Department and you should get off with an official warning.

Menace we already have NPR (number plate recognition) cars in NSW. The one we have at our station is been affectionally named “The cash cow”. They are predominately used to detect unregistered and stolen cars. For this purpose it is awesome, does anybody want to be on the road with unregistered/unisured cars. As for stolen cars, well no need to say more. It will also show up if the owner of the car is suspended/disqualified and the like, again who wants these people on the road. This is all stuff that can be done in any police car the NPR car just does it faster and more efficiently. As for you owing fines that is the State Dept Recovery Departments problem.

The car is also capable of doing lots of high tech stuff but won’t bother most people. If you car is registered, not stolen, you have a current licence and your not wanted by police you got nothing to worry about.

On the subject of these camera cars they are just another form off tax and big business take us for all we’re worth. They have been use and banned in a number of countries and the sooner that happens here the better.

[glennMember]

I think i have worked out the perfect way of beating these mobile speed cameras??????

Boony

[Aaron WildeMember]

I can hear the cogs ticking over from here :laugh:

[glennMember]

Aaron wrote:

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I can hear the cogs ticking over from here :laugh:

Me tooo.. 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

[dennis da menaceMember]

dont get me wrong Scotty, im all for the NPR cars.

i dont want those people on the road…. as i used to be one of them :blush:

i paid my fines and did my time 😆

its just the technology that spins me out.

bloody big brother :woohoo:

but speed cameras, especially down here, are as you say, cash cows.

at least you guys get a warning sign and stuff,
i think that just that in itself helps to slows drivers (albeit, just in that area) more than a fine in the mail does 2 weeks down the track.
most people wouldnt even know where they got caught and wouldnt care.

im a Devil of a driver. 👿 i have lost a mass of 4 points in the last 3 years.

*1 for speeding… doing 4 km/h (actual 7km/h) over the 110km/h speed limit :dry:
hey im guilty….. but what a joke that is.

*the other 3 points were for an “obscured number plate” on my bike trailer…..
:angry: apparently its my job to clean mud off my number plates (car, bike and trailer) as soon as i leave the forest. 😆 😆 yeah, we all do that dont we??? :laugh:
and when you count the $185 fine that came that it is even more of a joke :laugh:

but again, im guilty :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

im such a bad citizen that the ‘State Dept Recovery Department’ would wipe their hands of me :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

i should be locked up :woohoo:

(shutup boony) :laugh:

[dennis da menaceMember]

Boony wrote:

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I think i have worked out the perfect way of beating these mobile speed cameras??????

Boony

Answer…

Buy a Great Wall

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Nick AgainMember]

we recently had a Blitz up here with 12 coppers in teh one spot. RBT and Licence/rego checks, stopped the flow of traffic for a few Klm in one direction.. not 2k up the road was a camera on the roadside. Sweet tactics that. wonder how many got pinged for trying to make up lost time?

[Aaron WildeMember]

menace wrote:

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Boony wrote:

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I think i have worked out the perfect way of beating these mobile speed cameras??????

Boony

Answer…

Buy a Great Wall

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Haaaa Very Funny :woohoo: I only just got the Farook (? spelling)thing the other day call me Dumber!

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