CarAdvice.com.au
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
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
Victoria’s speed cameras could be in for a similar shake-up to those in New South Wales, with the state’s Auditor-General set to deliver an audit into the effectiveness of its fixed cameras to Parliament in late August. As we reported yesterda
More than one quarter of New South Wales’ speed cameras have been switched off today after a state government audit found they had no significant impact on road safety. The audit, conducted by NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat, revealed tha
A number of point-to-point speed cameras in Victoria remain switched of after nine people out of 68,000 were wrongly fined late last year. The particular cameras on the Hume Highway were switched off in October, 2010. The speed cameras work b
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 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
In an initiative which could open a proverbial can of worms, British Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has put forward a plan to force local authorities and the police to publish full information about speed cameras. Data would include acciden
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