Speed Camera - In Ya Face

[Fryin Finn]

It was recently reported that speeding offences had reduced significantly. Taking away the 10 km cap will restore more funds. It's outrageous that the government would use the excuse for all those dead people to make more money. Vote em out.

[Grahameeboy]

.....me again...just thinking that roads could get very quiet soon if they IQ test car drivers........now there's a thought...

[Lou Girardin]

The 300 goal is looking a little impossible. It should have been below 400 last year.
Oh Dear, the perils of putting your career on the line for some arbitrary figure.

[The Stranger:Me]

Oh Dear, the perils of putting your career on the line for some arbitrary figure.

Did someone in the private sector come up with the 300 figure?

[zeRax]

onto it stu

[Lou Girardin]

Did someone in the private sector come up with the 300 figure?

LTNZ. Because VicRoads said it was a good idea.

[idb]

What if it looks like they are going to come under 300?
Will they temporarily raise the speed limit to to bring the number back up?

[Karma]

Did someone in the private sector come up with the 300 figure?

This is it. Where the hell did that figure come from. You can't just set a target that's well below par and then rush in all sortsa crap laws to make it happen.

God damn performance related crap... don't you sometimes wonder if Marxism was right all along?

[pritch]

I also read that the Minister has asked the Police to comment on double demerit points on holidays as is done in some states in Oz..

Would that make it possible to lose your licece in one hit?

What chance a much greater incidence of runners?

[madboy]

You all know how i combat these problems... unfortunately it only works when I'm on the bike.

If this shite came in, people would spend more time driving with both eyes on the speedo instead of one (as now) and I reckon that must be more dangerous and probably more fatiguing. Oh, hang on, isn't fatigue a major cause of accidents too?

The others here are right. See the story the other day about the petrol tax take going down cos cars are getting more fuel efficient. Gotta make up those losses from somewhere.

Remove the front plate from your car "Oh shit, sorry officer, I forgot all about that. See I bumped into the back of my girlfriend's car the other day and bent the plate on the towbar, I took it off to straighten it and forgot to put it back on. OMG, I'm so sorry." It works - trust me.
Turn the rego sticker around (make sure it's quickly rectifyable if the cops do pull you over.
Suddenly your chance of being identified by cameras just reduced by 50%.

On the bike - just buy something over 400cc and take the plate off.

If the govt wants to be stupid about it, then they've got to expect that the public can be just as stupid back to them.

[Coyote]

If this shite came in, people would spend more time driving with both eyes on the speedo instead of one (as now) and I reckon that must be more dangerous and probably more fatiguing. Oh, hang on, isn't fatigue a major cause of accidents too?
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I don't look anywhere else. I can only see the road with the top of my eyes whilst I'm staring at the speedo needle hovering around 55. It's worse on the motorway as the wind can push from behind you and send you past the limit since the 250 is so light so I'm only concentrating on my speed and not casually glancing at the road looking out for corners

Can't measure fatigue easily so can't fine it so as far as they're concerened people can go ahead and die from fatigue related crashes. Just like road condition related accidents

[Karma]

If this shite came in, people would spend more time driving with both eyes on the speedo instead of one (as now) and I reckon that must be more dangerous and probably more fatiguing.

Well in the Uk the police are supposed to be able to justify any speed cameras with stats that show 5 deaths or near misses in that location in the last two years.

It's been shown on their own research however that once a speed camera has been installed the number of accidents in the vicinity actually goes up. Caused mainly by rear-enders when people slam on their brakes from seeing the cameras, and then people accellerating hard when they leave the area.

Will the police never learn, the carrot is always better than the stick, eduation, not punishment.

[The Stranger:Me]

Will the police never learn, the carrot is always better than the stick, eduation, not punishment.

Speaking of education...

[Korea]

What about this: The number of cars and drivers on the road has steadily been increasing every year which means, all things remaining equal, the road toll is naturally going to climb. What was that 40-year low figure? 340-odd deaths when there are probably 10 times as many cars on the road these days - it's a bloody miracle... but they're not satisfied, they want 300. How???
Sorry for lack of statistical evidence or relevant data...

[Lou Girardin]

What about this: The number of cars and drivers on the road has steadily been increasing every year which means, all things remaining equal, the road toll is naturally going to climb. What was that 40-year low figure? 340-odd deaths when there are probably 10 times as many cars on the road these days - it's a bloody miracle... but they're not satisfied, they want 300. How???
Sorry for lack of statistical evidence or relevant data...

Our road toll is still high in world terms. But then we allow drivers on the road trained by people who've accumulated a lifetime of bad habits.
I think that, as a country, we have problems learning from others.