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Massive increase in the number of mobile speed cameras in NSW

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gtc:
"There will be a massive increase in the number of mobile speed cameras on New South Wales roads but more warnings for motorists, under an overhaul announced today by the State Government.

The government's new speed camera strategy would see the number of mobile speed camera vehicles increase from 6 to 45 which will cover about 2,500 locations across the state.

But there will be double the number of warning signs for speed and red light safety cameras, and they will be much larger.

From now on all the revenue raised from the cameras will be ploughed back into road safety.

The plan has been backed by police and the NRMA."

anychevy:

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Most fixed cameras are set @ 10% (+2 ks on some) over the speed limit, so if they stick to that and give us as much warning as they say they will,
I'm o.k. with it as long as they are placed in "black spots" and the money goes where it's supposed to.

gtc:
Despite what politicians say, at the end of the day it's all about the revenue. If it weren't about the revenue, then they would simply add demerit points to your licence.

These contracted mobile camera operators present a business case to the government based on what is essentially projected net profit from their operations. We seem to be rapidly heading down the same road as QLD and VIC where private operators essentially run the traffic fines business for the government.

As I recall, O'Farrell made lots of noise about Labor's revenue raising when these mobile cameras were introduced. Now that he's actually got to do something about the budget fiasco in NSW, it's a different tune.

And they always say the money goes to road safety but when the proverbial hits the financial fan it's been treated as consolidated revenue to be used to cover budget overruns and deficits in any area.

I'd love to see the NSW Auditor General actually reconcile every mobile camera fine dollar received against designated road safety expenditure over the next year.

Meanwhile, watch your speed, especially on those long Sydney downhill runs.

sirfixalot:
Yeh you wouldn't mind if the projected revenue raised was actually plowed into fixing a problem like joining the F3 - M2 on the north or build the F6 on the south or completing the F4 instead of environmental impact studies  on the effect on  the pink bull frog

bootlegger:
Im over it all. I got fined in melbourne doing 101 in a 100 zone. I do around a thousand KM per week. The odds of me getting booked and losing my licence are greater than ever (ive already lost it once). I drive like a granny most of the time. I get abused and have lots of near misses from frustrated speeding drivers.
If the roads are that unsafe when we speed how come there isnt an accident at every street corner for all the people doing 80 or 90 in a 60 zone.
Try freeway driving where everybody is sticking to the 100k speed limit and sitting besides trucks too scared to over take in case they go over banking up the traffic behind and creating another potential disaster.
Man I hate living in this country. Its getting worse and worse.
Ive tasted driving in other countries like Europe.

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