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Remember last week when the RTA and State Debt Recovery Office proposed decreasing the speed camera tolerance from 3km/h to zero? Recently instated NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner has now rejected that proposal and actually wants the tolerance to be...
According to a recent Fairfax report, the State Debt Recovery Office and the RTA are looking to reduce speed camera tolerances from the current 3km/h margin of error to a zero tolerance. This could mean drivers could be fined for travelling just 1km/...
Advertising agency 303 Group has come up with a cracker of an anti-speeding advertisement for the Road Safety Council of Western Australia. It focuses on why people speed rather than simply showing the potential consequences. It's a fairly str...
Former World Rally Champion Petter Solberg was convicted of driving at 112km/h in an 80km/h zone in Sweden last Friday and had his driver's licence taken off him. In accordance with Swedish rules, drivers are allowed to continue driving 48 hours afte...
Official government data recently released has shown, in the ACT alone, fixed speed camera revenue actually dropped - from $11.3 million in 2009, to just $7 million in 2010. There's an obvious disconnect with the death rate though, because fatalities...
The tiny Mallee town of Speed in rural Victoria will officially change its name to ‘SpeedKills’ after 10,000 people ‘liked’ the Traffic Accident Commission-supported road safety movement on Facebook. It took less than 24 hours for 10,000 p...
According to British reports, a man in England has been charged for 'headlight flashing' oncoming motorists to warn them of an upcoming police speed detection radar. The man was charged £175 for flashing his headlights seven times and £265 in court...
Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK believe making roads more complicated and building in more obstacles could actually make them safer. The study, ‘The categorisation of drivers in relation to boredom’, found that drivers who did no...
The national road toll decreased by almost 10 percent in 2010, with the number of deaths in road crashes down from 1507 in 2009 to 1368 last year. Queensland led a list of four states to experience a reduction in its road toll, while the Norther...
The speed camera is a very successful marketing tool which 'sells' safer roads. Literally. If there's been a number of accidents on a particular stretch of road, understandably, people complain. The government then reacts by installing a camera in th...