Pomgolia To Get a Traffic-Tracking System

chalkbored · Post by **chalkbored** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:49 am

Oh yeah, and with 'leaching johnny' not getting as much from speeding tickets since the petrol price surge you can bet he will be pushing to get this set up everywhere that he can. (If he hasn't done so already).

Jumped up fag has fantasies of being a mix between ned kelly, Robin Hood and mother teresa. Self-riteous nanny-stating, motorway thieves, pork-barrelling the ethnic/minority vote.

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:39 pm

chalkbored wrote:They were doing testing on it 2-3 years ago, and they had plod attached to them.

Far as I know the system is, or is soon to become, active.

Well, how far do you know?

What's your source on this? I ask because this is the first I've ever heard of it.

How's it work? One cop car, with both the camera and the transmitter through which to query the Urban Services database once the OCR results come through? Two cars, one with the OCR system, another pulling vehicles over a couple of hundred metres down the road? A camouflaged box in the bushes.

There sure as hell aren't any gantries of any kind over any Canberra arterials...

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:41 pm

Mick C wrote:
chalkbored wrote:They were doing testing on it 2-3 years ago, and they had plod attached to them.

Far as I know the system is, or is soon to become, active.

I think they did the testing along William Hovell, which is a 90 zone
I'll bet they get a few though

FFFFS !! If they do William Hovell I will be well and truly screwed

I never speed there at anything under 130+.............

will do some *research* with my *mates* at Weston

and see if this is likely to happen ......... bloody hell............ Not Happy Jan

Post by **MadKaw** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:15 pm

chalkbored wrote:Oh yeah, and with 'leaching johnny' not getting as much from speeding tickets since the petrol price surge you can bet he will be pushing to get this set up everywhere that he can. (If he hasn't done so already).

Jumped up fag has fantasies of being a mix between ned kelly, Robin Hood and mother teresa. Self-riteous nanny-stating, motorway thieves, pork-barrelling the ethnic/minority vote.

I think you will find it is your state government taking the cash for this.. !

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:23 pm

MadKaw wrote:I think you will find it is your state government taking the cash for this.. !

The ACT Chief Minister's name is *John* Stanhope...

...worked on his computer earlier this year. Seemed like a decent enough bloke.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:58 pm

I-K wrote:
MadKaw wrote:I think you will find it is your state government taking the cash for this.. !
The ACT Chief Minister's name is *John* Stanhope...

...worked on his computer earlier this year. Seemed like a decent enough bloke.

Don't want to sound pedantic or anything, but his name is actually *Jon* Stanhope

muaahahaahah

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:02 pm

You know, you can be a real pedantic cahn sometimes, Dave...

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:22 pm

I-K wrote:
chalkbored wrote:They were doing testing on it 2-3 years ago, and they had plod attached to them.

Far as I know the system is, or is soon to become, active.
Well, how far do you know?

We have this system up and running in SA.

The funny thing is, if you've done nothing wrong, then you've nothing to complain about!

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:25 pm

I-K wrote:You know, you can be a real pedantic cahn sometimes, Dave...

only sometimes mate

Heh you up for a fang tomorrow arvo, do a loop around the Cotter ?

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:35 pm

aardvark wrote:The funny thing is, if you've done nothing wrong, then you've nothing to complain about!

I am sure that is exactly what the young lass thought, when her Datto 120Y was clocked at 147kmh on the Burwood Highway last year ..........

subsequent testing showed that her 120Y heap of shit was barely capable of 124? kmh...........she maintained that at no time did her speed exceed 100kmh.......speeding fine was dismissed on appeal.......

and what about that Snowgum that was clocked at 88 in a 60 zone near Dandenong, on the Princes Highway ????????? or the Telecom box on Springvale Road ??????

Speed detection devices are not infallible. They make mistakes, and honest people who do nothing wrong, but still get booked ( and it happens far too regularly to be dismissed willy-nilly), have every reason to get the shits with being booked..........

rant over.

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:45 pm

Gosling1 wrote:
I-K wrote:You know, you can be a real pedantic cahn sometimes, Dave...
only sometimes mate

Heh you up for a fang tomorrow arvo, do a loop around the Cotter ?

Chances are I'll be on my way home from Young...

...ride leaving BP Kingston 8:30am on Sunday, as usual, though, and don't forget the Four Passes ride for weekend after next that I posted.

Now that Mick's pointed out the proposed Saturday date clashes with the Toy Run, I'd be prepared to change the ride over to Sunday if enough people show interest.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:52 pm

Ok I will check the Four Passes run, mmm sounds *good*.

Yeh, I will be doing the Toy Run again this year.........had a record turn-out last year......

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:34 pm

Gosling1 wrote:Speed detection devices are not infallible. They make mistakes, and honest people who do nothing wrong, but still get booked ( and it happens far too regularly to be dismissed willy-nilly), have every reason to get the shits with being booked..........

True, and the circumstances you point out are all arguments for my favourite motto!

"You can't protect humanity from stupidity."

Common sense should have prevailed in these matters, but clearly didn't. That's why I'm partially against the use of speed cameras and all for more coppers hiding in the bushes. I know I like hiding in the... oh, sorry, off topic.

I-K · Post by **I-K** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:45 pm

aardvark wrote:
I-K wrote:
chalkbored wrote:They were doing testing on it 2-3 years ago, and they had plod attached to them.

Far as I know the system is, or is soon to become, active.
Well, how far do you know?
We have this system up and running in SA.

Really? Cameras plugged into OCR which read rego plates and, in realtime, query multiple remote databases for info about both the car they just "saw" and the person most likely to be behind the wheel?

Post by **MadKaw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:51 am

I-K wrote:You know, you can be a real pedantic cahn sometimes, Dave...

and so can you.. You know who he meant...

Unless Jon Stanhope is taking over the countries policing and coping all the petrol tax funds.... and changing his spelling..