Comments on: Police move to protect speed camera operators

By: justwatchin

justwatchin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:35:31 +0000

I think you guys need a history lesson, I drove in an era with No Crash helmets, No Roundabouts, Few Traffic Control lights, No Give Way Signs, a very stupid Give Way to the right Rule, No Radar, No P Plates, No Air Bags, Optional Lap Sash Seat Belts, 35mph Speed Limits for Built Up Areas defined as areas with Street Lighting unless otherwise signposted,(simplistic and efficient) No RBT, De Restricted Zones…basically no speed limit at all except for common sense having to prevail, I could fill two foolscap pages of stuff like this and that was 1969, take a look around you in 2010 and think what is it going to be like in 2040, this stuff is nothing compared to what the Government Boffins are going to do to you in the very near future, they wont listen to genuine concerns of enough is enough, so keep coping it on the chin, society as we know it could not exist without the revenues generated by the motor car and its driver.

By: ron

ron — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:38:08 +0000

just don’t speed.

By: Stevothedevo

Stevothedevo — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:09:50 +0000

I vote for crushing the speed camera cars – with a few pollies in it for good measure.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:57:29 +0000

Ok so where does all this money go? Does it go to driver training? Does it go to Roads? Is it reducing the toll? Operators get rocks thrown at them, because they are generally placed at the bottom of hills ! Plus speeds on the same roads are constantly changing with sign locations moving. In SA we have a case were off one 60klm road turn left id 50klms for 20 meters of deserted dry parkland. However opposite side of the same road its still 60klms. If this is not revenue raising than what isnt !

By: paulo

paulo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:46:28 +0000

Sorry, but didn’t we all agree to abide by the road laws?
Didn’t we sign an agreement the day we got our license?
You, know, the one that includes speed limits, traffic lights,etc, so we don’t all smash up our beloved cars, and our bodies, and children?
Last year I got hit by a person who ran a red light, and I can tell you I DID NOT get out of my wrecked car (after I had washed it!!!) and say, “no worries, plus or minus 10 seconds for traffic lights is ok, I’ll spend a few days in hospital and 15k at my own expense…”
So saying a speed limit might, might mean its ok to go 10,20,30 k faster, is like saying “I have no regard for the original agreement, and I have no regard for others”
And,
I’m not a saint when it comes to the speed limit, but hasn’t anyone noticed how more relaxed driving can be when most people travel at the speed limit?
I know I’m less worried when I don’t speed and happy to pass a speed camera knowing I’m not going to contribute more of MY money to gov’t coffers.

By: Davo

Davo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:41:18 +0000

“Speed doesn’t kill – IDIOTS DO”
But it is the idiots that do speed,even the odd motoring journo that some here regard as little gods,in the borrowed Ferrari.
I agree poor training leads to inattention,poor judgement the issue in many accidents & speeding is often due to a lack of attention.
It matters not if you drift 10k’s over the limit or do it wilfully the reaction distance & stopping distance increases.
Those who will speed wilfully & almost always in inappropriate places deserve to be treated in an arbitrary way & detected with the least cost to the tax payer.
Heard the rants about the lazy cops before,what a joke.
Enough I am off to buy new tyres.

By: what the

what the — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:38:58 +0000

Totally agree with you Sam-R Queenland roads suck
its just all road works EVERYWHERE.
Qld police are getting lazy and letting cameras do their job.
There should be out on the roads and pulling over the agressive idiots on the roads, the fools that tailgate and cut you off and treat the raods like a race track they don’t have the driving skills for.
The are far more dangerous than people only doing 7km over the speed limit.
Speed doesn’t kill – IDIOTS DO

By: RoFlmaTiC

RoFlmaTiC — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:33:06 +0000

“there is no evidence to suggest that not exceeding the speed limit will reduce the number of fatal accidents”

I thought my above example which applied basic physics was enough evidence but I guess we have to agree to disagree.

With respect to using the money to pay for driver training, one does not simply divert this money to training without another part of the federal budget somewhere missing out, (just as one does not simply walk into mordor ).

By: Sam-R

Sam-R — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:19:29 +0000

QLD has the worst roads in the civilized world! They have a government that has no clue how to design roads. Take the new gateway motor-way project for example. It will not fix the congestion rather I guarantee it will make it worse. I would put money on the fact that there are more accidents on QLD freeways than in state freeway system in Australia. I live in Brissy too so I know 1st hand.

As far as speed cameras go they are designed for revenue and the revenue they reap in Australia is astounding.

I’ve driven for 23 years and been booked for speeding 4 times by getting pulled over and being handed a speeding fine by a policeman and 5 times by mobile speed camera. Its the speed camera ones that annoy me the most, why? Three were for 67k’s in a 60 zone and two were for 77k’s in a 70 zone. Each time cost me $50. Its amazing each camera got me for 7k’s over each time. 7k’s is not speeding. Whilst some are angry some people are nutjobs and vent their anger violently.

Everyone here realizes that better education is the key. They should use the fines to pay for driver education. With the money left over the government can pay for real engineers to build better roads instead of handing crayons to kindergarden kids and using their scribble to form the basis for Australian roads.

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:18:15 +0000

RoFlmaTiC:

I’m not missing your point, there is no evidence to suggest that not exceeding the speed limit will reduce the number of fatal accidents.

I don’t think anyone is asking for an extra fund to support driver training. Simply to divert speed camera revenue into these programs.

They are the only way we will reduce fatal and non-fatal car accidents. Speed cameras are a stop gap to fill the government coffers.