They're Baaack, NSW Mobile Speed cameras that is. (more!)
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:20 pm
Just a reminder folks that the powers that be have decided that in the great public interest that as of the 19th of Julythey are going to be reintroducing mobile speed cameras, a-la other states and territories. The fun and games are going to be a bit less fun now... Until the usual haunts are sussed out, and then they are going to be slightly damp.
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An interesting little quote "But the Minister for Police, Tony Kelly, and the Minister for Roads, Michael Daley, said they had no plans to buy new speed cameras."
From here in March last year, man shit someone must have pinched money from the piggybank.
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link 2Mobile speed cameras back in NSW by July, wrote:Out with the old technology and in with the new
* Computerworld Staff (Computerworld)
* 29 March, 2010 17:22
The NSW Government will put its faith in technology and re-introduce mobile speed cameras as part of a $170 million road safety campaign. The announcement by the minister for transport and roads, David Campbell, comes after 100 fatalities on NSW roads since the beginning of the year.
The changes mark the return of mobile speed cameras, which were shelved as the technology aged. But new digital cameras will be back on the roads from 19 July and the speed camera function at digital red-light safety camera sites will be turned on as the cameras are installed.
The NSW Centre for Road Safety in consultation with NSW Police will determine the locations of the mobile cameras and the RTA will list their location on its website every three months.
The RTA will begin operating six cameras initially. A one-month grace period applies, during which motorists caught speeding by a mobile speed camera receive a warning and no infringement.
Both Victoria and South Australia have already replaced the old wet film red light cameras with digital red light safety cameras that enforce speeding at all locations.
The program will also pilot electronic work diaries with other states to further improve heavy vehicle fatigue management and speed compliance.
another story, yet anotherNSW Government Announces $1.2 Million Ad Campaign For Mobile Speed Cameras wrote: Jun 28, 2010
As promised earlier this year when it announced the reintroduction of mobile speed cameras from July, the NSW Government has launched a $1.2 million dollar television advertising campaign warning motorists.
Six new mobile cameras will go into operation next month, each marked and signposted. The RTA will also maintain a public list on its website of locations where the mobile cameras are in operation, updated every three months.
"This is not about raising revenue, it is about saving the lives of people who use NSW roads," Roads Minister David Borger said. "The fact is mobile speed cameras work - they slow down drivers, they change driver behaviour and they save lives."
Offending motorists will receive warnings in the mail in place of penalties for the first month of operation.
The return of mobile speed cameras to NSW roads comes at a cost of $170 million and will include repairs and upgrades to blackspot areas around the state.
The new advertisements will begin airing on NSW television this week, running until August 28
An interesting little quote "But the Minister for Police, Tony Kelly, and the Minister for Roads, Michael Daley, said they had no plans to buy new speed cameras."
From here in March last year, man shit someone must have pinched money from the piggybank.
