[SYD]: New Speed Cameras - Dubious, prob a hoax.

[samhasa636]

I don't know where this onfo came from, or if it is accurate. It's only for reference


New speed cameras which will be permanently mounted on telegraph
poles and the like. They are very small, don't use a flash and will
be working day and night.

They are at:

Canterbury Road, Revesby
River Rd to Mavis St North East Mavis St to River Rd South West

Milperra Road, Milperra
Henry Lawson Dr to Cooraban Rd Cooraban Rd to Henry Lawson Dr

Hume Hwy, Yagoona
Brancourt Ave to Cooper Rd North East Strickland St to Rookwood Rd
South West

Hume Hwy, Bass Hill
Miller Rd to Chester Hill Rd North East Strickland St to Arundel St
South West

Bayview Ave, Earlwood
Undercliff Ln to Highcliff Rd South West

Homer Street, Earlwood
Wellington St to Bayview Ave West North

King Street, Ashbury
Second Ave to Melville St West North Palace St to Trevenar St East

South Lilyfield Road, Leichhardt
Hubert St to Mary St North East Henry St to James St South West

Darley Road, Leichhardt
Lyell St to Allen St East South Allen St to Lyall St West North

New Canterbury Rd, Lewisham
Morton Av to Toothill St North East, Toothill St to Frazer St South
West

Hume Hwy, Liverpool
Elizabeth Dr to Memorial Ave North West Campbell St to Moore St South

Heckenberg Ave, Heckenberg
Robin Rd to Tooma Pl North West Johns Rd to Tooma Pl South East

Lalor Rd, Quakers Hill
Wilson St to Sunnyholt Rd North East Sunnyholt Rd to To Wilson St
South

The Horsley Drive, Fairfield
Polding St to Nelson St South East Nelson St to Polding St North West

Bungarribee Rd, Blacktown
Hereward Hwy North West Ross St to Flushcombe Rd South West

Pitt Street, Merrylands
Birmingham St to Victoria St South East, Victoria St to Birmingham St
West

Sunnyholt Rd, Blacktown
Steel St to Forge St South East Turner St to Stephen St North West

Windsor Road, Northmead
Anderson Rd to Martha Ave South East Whitehaven Rd to Moir Ave
North West

Barclay Road, North Rocks
Perry St to Hepburn Rd North East Hepburn Rd to Perry St South West

O'Connell St, Parramatta
Victoria Rd to George St East South George St to Victoria Rd West
North

Seven Hills Rd, Baulkham Hills
Hilda Rd to Merindah Rd Sth West Merindah Rd to Hilda Rd Nth East

Castlereagh Rd, Penrith
Coreen Ave to Peach Tree St East South Peach Tree St to Coreen Ave
West

Mamre Road, St Marys
Mitchell St to Saddington St East South John St to Saddington St
West

Luxford Street, Whalan
Sands St to Salmana St South West

Princes Hwy, Engadine
Mianga St to Engadine Rd East South Engadine Rd to Mianga St West
North

Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate
Targo Rd to Vaudan St South West

THESE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN FIXED POSITIONS. THE FILM IS CHANGED EVERY 2 WEEKS.
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[red_dave]

I don't know where this onfo came from, or if it is accurate. It's only for reference
Castlereagh Rd, Penrith
Coreen Ave to Peach Tree St East South Peach Tree St to Coreen Ave
West
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Righty-o... Writing that one down.

[javaman]

How is it to defeat these things? There surely be a way (fastag comes to mind, but it's too obvious)

[Glen]

I hope you're wrong, because I come off Henry Lawson Dr on to Milperra Rd every morning and the road is dead empty so I give the SS a punch up through 1st,2nd and 3rd. Ooops

I'll check the power poles tomorrow morning

[I-K]

I don't know where this onfo came from,

I don't know where it comes from, either, but seeing how I remember seeing this list of locations as a fax printout pinned to the corkboard at the Pizza Hut where I was a delivery driver back when I had my TE Gemini in, wait for it, 1997, I can tell you approximately_when_it came from.

or if it is accurate.

Well, in one way, it is extremely accurate, as locations like

Hume Hwy, Bass Hill
Miller Rd to Chester Hill Rd North East Strickland St to Arundel St
South West

do have speed cameras installed, and have done for years. Back around the time this started circulating, the list of locations would've been a list of locations where the RTA had preliminarily decided (eight years later, there's still no camera on the Hume Highway in Liverpool, so there's obviously been some review).

What's most likely happened is, someone leaked the list and, to help it propagate, people near the start of the chain had prepended and appended it with black-helicopters shit like,

They are very small, don't use a flash and will
be working day and night.

and

THESE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN FIXED POSITIONS. THE FILM IS CHANGED EVERY 2 WEEKS.

As Public Enemy said once, don't believe the hype.

[Glen]

Actually I think it might be bullshit. I do Windsor Rd Northmead,O'Connel St Parramatta Pitt St Merrylands and Milperra Rd Milperra to and from work every day, which means I go through four each way to work. At 3 points for 0-15 over these days I could have potentially lost my license twice a day every day. Fortunately I think I still have 12 little stars intact.

[mike-s]

What ever happened to the rules that cameras must be pre-pended by signs advising that there is a camera ahead?

[Gosling1]

and if these are fixed, then they can only take pictures of the front ? No problemo if this is the case. Give 'em the bird

Get Up Get Get Get Down
911 's a joke in Your town

cheers
FlavaFlaveDave

[aardvark]

I reckon it may have come from here:

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/sp ... index.html

They even have a nice map showing you where they all are. Circa 2003.

Then there are other sites that have more accurate and timely information. Companies such as Road Angel use these lists to help, umm, to help you avoid accidents.

[Barrabob]

was it ireland where they where blowing them up with dynamite? just for a bit of a lark on the weekend mind you.

[samhasa636]

Slow down everyone. I believe at best it is BS.

#1 - I have confirmed though someone who knows, that YES. All fixed speed camera locations must have 3 signs before the camera.
#2 - There is a reason why the fixed cameras have a big arse flash and it is to enusre the vehicle/driver can be identified.
#3 - The fixed cameras are so big because they take buckets of photos per day, when they are emptied every two weeks, you can imagine the amount of film it has used. No covert camera could carry that much film.
#4 - Why not digital. Because digital photos are not admissable as evidence (although a new technology is out that hopes to overcome this).
#5 - I live right near one of these roads and I can say with confidence there is no camera there.

Like I said, I don't know where it came from and I doubted its accuracy. It was purely for your own entertainment/reference.

[MickLC]

I'm fairly certain the ones used in the ACT are digital

[samhasa636]

I'm fairly certain the ones used in the ACT are digital

Yeah, but kids in ACT can smoke dope, buy porn and blow up stuff with fireworks. Concerns about photoshoping legal evidence must be off the radar down there

[MickLC]

No wonder the rest of Australia bags Canberra...you're jealous I tells ya, jealous!

[ty]

For F3 users note that there IS a new camera installed between Mooney Mooney and Mt White. I believe it will be activated when they get around to changing the speed limit of the 90 zone.
ty