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Speed Cameras - Fixed
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This is the 24 / 7 / 365 tax machine. In some locations just 3 km per hour over the posted limit will earn a fine. That's a slow walking pace! You're expected to believe that a leisurely stroll above the "so-called" safe limit will make you a dangerous driver, even at 2 o'clock in the morning with not another soul in sight. This is a cynical abrogation of the states duty to make real improvements in road safety. Meanwhile - stupid, unskilled, incompetent drivers in unsafe cars rule the roads unmolested. Can the bar be raised above this level of hypocrisy?
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Fixed Speed Camera - New South Wales
Fixed Speed Cameras are utilised by state governments throughout Australia. These devices operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Some are not based on radar or laser technology. The speed measuring is achieved when a vehicle passes over strips buried in the road surface. Other systems (Gatso) employ a slant-radar as the measuring device. The camera is mounted in a box looking down on the traffic. Two types of warning signs precede Speed Cameras in NSW. The first states that a Speed Camera is ahead. The second advises that the speed of your vehicle will be read.

Currently there are 160 "fixed" Speed Camera locations throughout New South Wales.

FIXED Speed Camera NSW
Queensland has just three (3) Fixed Speed Cameras. However many red-light cameras are being converted to "speed-on-green" capability. The long term "Road Safety" value of fixed speed cameras is unclear. Drivers who pass them regularly may slow down "just in that location" and then increase their speed further down the road. If the intention is to guarantee most motorists will drive at or below the speed limit in that specific, short stretch of road then they might be deemed successful. However, nobody has ever proved that small increases in velocity above the "posted" limit will produce crashes. Collisions invariably include some other "action" that precipitated the crash. Governments refuse to target these aspects of road safety. Why? Is it too difficult? Are they aware that it will not produce a profit?
Fixed Speed Camera - Queensland
FIXED Speed Camera Qld