Comments on: NSW’S $7million speed camera!

By: Fawad

Fawad — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:40:02 +0000

I agree for everyone who was booked without prior warning.
I don’t find a reason why people who got booked on the Day 1 didn’t apply against it in the court. A friend of mine won the case in a very similar cirucmstance.

When RTA installed a camera near Wahroonga on Pacific Highway, they clearly gave us warning for a month about it being installed.

By: Fraser

Fraser — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:05:11 +0000

I’ve said it before
Take speed limits off roads, take speedos out of cars, people will drive at a speed correct to traffic and vehicle conditions. people arent stupid, they dont need someone who isn’t there to decide what they should be doing

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:15:23 +0000

No because they are unfairly making money by not providing proper signage and they don’t care.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:12:14 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with Simon. They don’t clearly notify schools and they are no doubt chuckling as they rake in the money with holy looks on their faces because they are “saving children”. The RTA has come into a great money spinner at the expense of the driving public and should be putting that money into signs properly identifying the schools.

By: Cammo

Cammo — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:02:17 +0000

There is a big black 50 with the red ring around it, can I ask what you would you would have since that apparently isn’t good enough?

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:06:43 +0000

I got caught here Sunday morning 9am fully alert, reading the school zone times and speeds. The ’50′ Zone is not well sign posted at all, a deceitful trap!
The need to monitor your speedo with your eyes off the road is far more dangerous. This would definitely lead to an increase in rear end accidents.

By: Stevothedevo

Stevothedevo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:24:55 +0000

A truck tire and a bit of petrol should do the trick.

By: Save it for the track

Save it for the track — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:16 +0000

So, let me get this straight. Comments range from “I’d rather get a ticket from a Hwy patrol officer”, through to blaming the RTA for lowering a speed limit and putting in speed cameras. Speed cameras really get those that are paying absolutely NO attention, whether they be fiddling with a car stereo, using their phone, or evensimply having an in depth conversation with a passenger in the car. Not keeping the mind on the task at hand (driving), is what gets morons caught by the well signposted NSW speed cameras, which the RTA set at 10% or so. (unlike the 2km/h VIC farce). Won’t be long now before the next media beat-up about how Hwy patrol do their jobs. People DO NOT have to have their eyes fixed on their speedos. If they can’t exercise enough vehicle control through appropriate gearing/braking, and maintain a speed, then they shouldn’t have licenses. Many a ‘careful’ motorist, gets booked before/after a speed camera having been observed to slow down for said camera, then speed up well over the limit after passing the camera.

By: realcars

realcars — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:41:25 +0000

Try driving at the limit religiously day in and out and see how much abuse u can receive and near misses from agro motorists tailgating etc.

By: greenmatt

greenmatt — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:24:31 +0000

Cammo is right. They did have big electronic signs there for some time before. I can understand them being placed there for the school zone but it didnt need to be reduced to 50km/h during non school times, there’s decent visibility and its 4 lanes wide.