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The Victorian Government will next year close a legal loophole that allows speeding drivers and other traffic offenders to pay a higher fine to dodge gaining demerit points on their licences. A News Limited report revealed that approximately 5...
Queensland Police has been trialling a new hand-held speed camera device (TruCAM) since September that is capable of issuing tickets automatically without the need for police to chase down the offender. The new cameras will be trialled in nin...
A petition including 13,500 signatures has been submitted to the NSW Government asking for all traffic-related fine revenue to be directed back into improving road safety. The petition was set up by the NRMA and the NSW Police Association. All...
Getting away with speeding might have just become a whole lot harder. North American speed camera manufacturer Peak Gain Systems has launched a new radar-based device that can record the speed of 32 cars at the same time. The ‘Cordon’ multi...
The top 10 speed camera sites in southeast Queensland have pulled in more than $6 million for the government, in the year between March 2010 and March 2011. Up to 47,915 lives were saved (or contributed to the revenue raising, depending on which way...
A motorbike rider in Switzerland has found a novel way to trip a speed camera: careening down the highway on all fours at 107km/h alongside his speeding (and sparking) motorcycle. Boris Maier, 38, from Bern was caught riding (more accurately ‘...
According to the latest statistics, more NSW drivers are being fined for travelling less than 10km/h over the speed limit than in the past, which could prove NSW Police and the RTA now have near-zero tolerance for fast drivers. In the year be...
The Victorian Government today announced that 32 new speed and red light cameras will be switched on gradually over the coming weeks and months. The first eight of the speed and red light cameras will be switched on from tomorrow. Victorian...
More mobile speed cameras will be deployed on Victoria’s roads at night as a result of the Auditor-General’s largely positive inquiry into the effectiveness of cameras in improving road safety. Victorian Auditor-General, Des Pearson, said th...
The Victorian Government collected almost $250 million from fines generated by speed and red light camera last financial year. That’s more than $28,500 an hour. In total, $249,716,864 in fines was handed out for 1,326,651 different offences...