Motorcycles Defying Speed Cameras

14 May, 2007 3 Comments

Whilst all of us at CarAdvice may not be the biggest fans of Speed Cameras, this doesn’t necessarily mean that we speed or drive recklessly on the road, quiet the contrary, we believe that Car Enthusiasts are the safest drivers on the road and are unfairly targetted by Police.

Nonetheless, there are some true idiots in this world, and Mr Christian Marchesani, 28, of Samson in Western Australia fits that category just fine, but he is only a small portion of a growing hatred for speed cameras which has led to some idiotic behaviour on the road.

Australian motorcyclists are taunting speed cameras in increasing numbers. West Australian police released photos of a pair of riders photographed on January 27 traveling at up to twice the speed limit, 130km/h in a 60km/h zone (80 MPH in a 37 MPH zone), on South Street in Samson at 6pm. The duo returned just 23 minutes later to salute the camera once more.

In WA, Speed cameras take frontal photographs of vehicles and since motorcycles do not use front license plates for safety reasons, the devices are unable to identify bike riders.

Nonetheless, since the story has gone public a member of the public has called police and identified Mr Marchesani who now faces court.

In the mean time as a temporary measure, police announced yesterday that they would use two speed cameras in every speed trap to photograph both the front and rear of vehicles.

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3 Responses to “Motorcycles Defying Speed Cameras”

Rustynutz Says:
July 4th, 2007 at 2:20 am
Motorcycles haven’t been required to have a front number plate for over 20 years…long before speed cameras were introduced so who’s bright idea was it to get speed cameras that are only capable of taking snaps from the front? Other States have cameras that take photos from the rear…

Up here for thinkin’ W.A….
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warren Says:
August 13th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
I got done by a speed camera in a school zone at 4 minutes to nine when the zone time ends. I quit my job as I can not afford to take the risk of having a job that involves driving as there is no leanancy even for government drivers. This is why all truck drivers are going north. My hat is of to Mr Marchesani. I only wish I could afford his courage. The sad little person that reported him must be a yellow fellow.
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Gerard Cannon Says:
February 7th, 2008 at 3:04 am
what kind of sh*tbag would turn someone in for flipping off a red light camera??
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