Ok People,

Just in case you are not aware. 

This coming 19th July 2010 the RTA (not the NSW Police), the RTA will be deploying mobile speed detection vehicles in NSW.

They will work similair to the old NSW Police Camera Cars.  You remember, the ones that sat stationary on the side of the road, unmarked, usually a station wagon, that contained one copper and a stationary speed camera set up inside the unmarked vehicle.  Yes, there was a small sign (radar detection) that was placed on the footpath just in front of the parked unmarked cop car.

However, I have it on good authority that:

(1)  No one is aware of what types of vehicles the RTA will utilise (my guess they will use all sorts to raise better revenue).

(2)  It is unknown if any signs will be deployed - however my source says it will be to late once you see the sign (if there will be one).

Take Care Out There.

 

The police have them down here in tassie going up and down the midland hwy. They can get you both ways and you dont even know you'd been done.

from the rta page

How are mobile speed camera locations determined?
Mobile speed camera site selection is a critical element of the program. Mobile speed cameras will be located at sites which meet specific criteria. The criteria were developed by the RTA’s NSW Centre for Road Safety in consultation with the NSW Police Force and NRMA Motoring and Services.

The site selection criteria include:

That the location was previously used by the NSW Police Force to conduct mobile speed camera enforcement.
Frequency and severity of crashes at the location.
The site conditions at the location are appropriate for mobile speed camera enforcement and meet both the technical requirements for mobile speed camera enforcement and the safety requirements for camera operators and members of the public.
Further evidence of a speeding problem using police intelligence (including events that pose a road safety concern) and/or vehicle speeds.
The location is difficult for the police to enforce using conventional methods.
These criteria will ensure that mobile speed cameras are deployed strategically to make sure that speeding is reduced across the whole road network, ensuring the greatest road safety benefit.

Identifying mobile speed camera locations
The site selection criteria has been used by the RTA’s NSW Centre for Road Safety to determine an initial list of suitable locations (lengths of road) which meet the site selection criteria, primarily based on crash history.

The process for how mobile speed camera locations are identified is as follows:

Locations have been selected from those previously used in the previous NSW Police Force program and selected based on strict criteria. The RTA has reassessed these police locations and prioritised mobile speed camera enforcement at those locations that have been identified as having a high number of crashes.

These locations have been assessed by the RTA to determine the technical and operational suitability for the use of mobile speed cameras.

These locations have also been assessed by the mobile speed camera contractor to ensure they meet their technical and operator safety requirements.

Mobile speed cameras are then deployed to locations. Where possible mobile speed camera vehicles will be deployed to locations during times of the day and days of the week when casualty crashes have occurred.

Mobile speed camera vehicles will be deployed on all types of roads including local and state roads and freeways, motorways and highways, and may operate any time of day and any day of the week. This includes high speed roads where traditional police enforcement is difficult to undertake and where a higher proportion of speed-related crashes occur.


so i guess that your favourite twisties will be ok ....

Copper on a bike and cop in hiway patrol car around helensburg and waterfall today (north bound), both sat even though several obvious speeders went by....i thought these might of been the mobile cameras...

Fix the rados & make the speed zones reasonable. But no they don't want to spend they only want to receive

That'd be right.

1. Cry fucken poor mouth that the state (nsw) is broke and they can't afford to fix our dangerous and in need of repair roads

2. They decide to drop the speed limits because these roads have now been deemed unsafe to ride / drive at there existing speed limits.

3 They implement mobile speed cameras to catch all of those riders / drivers exceeding the new adjusted safe speed limit.

And I bet the revenue raised won't go into repairing the roads 

 

FUCK OFF RTA, I HATE YOU CUNTS MORE THAN POLITICIANS   %*#^!(#$)$^#%(!#*)%&!$*^!   

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sunday-telegraph/new-cameras-deliver-a-fast-buck/story-e6frewt0-1225890226220

New cameras deliver a fast buck

DRIVERS are about to be whacked by mobile speed cameras the State Government believes will help deliver more than $100 million in fines this financial year alone.

Macquarie Bank, dubbed "the millionaires' factory" because of the huge salaries paid to executives, is attempting to secure a cut of the bonanza by launching a $275 million takeover bid for Redflex, the company contracted by the State Government to operate the cameras.

An initial fleet of six camera vehicles will be rolled out from July 19 at traffic black spots across the State, with plans for more next financial year.

Video: Take a look at the high-tech vehicles

They can fine six drivers every second.

Budget papers reveal that revenue from fines will almost double from $295 million in 2008-09 to $570 million in 2011-12.

"Fine revenue is estimated to increase by $137 million during 2010-11, with a mobile speed camera program and a five per cent increase in speeding fines," the Budget says.

The Government has refused to disclose how much of the $137 million increase will come from the mobile vans, but The Sunday Telegraph can reveal it could be $100 million.

 

The fleet of white Ford Territory vans will carry radar cameras that can catch as many as six speeding cars travelling in either direction, every second, day or night, regardless of weather conditions. The vans also record video and have roof-mounted CCTV cameras.

An initial fleet of six camera vehicles will be rolled out in eight days, with plans for more next financial year.

The Government refuses to disclose how much of the revenue will go to Redflex, which also supplies fixed speed cameras, but the Victoria-based company is now the target of a takeover bid by Macquarie Bank.

The bank and two of its wholly owned subsidiaries - Macquarie Radar Holdings and Macquarie Special Situations Master Fund - bought 10 per cent of Redflex in June.Macquarie Bank has made billions out of privatising roads and airports in NSW. Last year, the corporate giant made more than $1 billion.

Drivers will not be warned before driving into the mobile speed camera's zone. A small sign on the vehicle reads: "Safe speed check". Another sign placed at the roadside will inform motorists: "Your speed has been checked."

The speed camera locations will be uploaded daily to the Roads and Traffic Authority website to encourage drivers to slow down.

Fines will also be waived for the first month of operation, with drivers receiving a warning letter, instead.The Sunday Telegraph was given the first look at the new vehicles last week. Each has two bi-directional radars to measure the speed of as many as six lanes of traffic.

Inside the boot is an 11- megapixel digital camera, which will take two photographs of speeding motorists.

Alongside the digital camera is a video camera, which will record continuously to monitor the road. On the roof is the infrared flash, which is invisible to the naked eye to avoid distracting drivers caught at night.

Mobile speed cameras will be parked at each destination for three hours, before moving on to a new location.

"The mobile speed cameras will only be placed in locations with a high accident history as determined by the RTA in consultation with NSW Police," Dr Soames Job, director of the RTA's Centre for Road Safety, said.

 

The Government has refused to specify what proportion of its $137 million increase in fines will come from the mobile cameras. Last year, about $62 million was collected by fixed speed cameras.

Based on the Budget figures and an average fine of $211, an estimated 1600 more drivers a day could be booked this financial year.

Mobile cameras have been responsible for a sharp increase in speeding fines in Victoria, where 50,000 drivers a month are caught. Angry motorists claim they are simply a revenue-raising tool.

NSW Roads Minister David Borger said he was determined to cut the road toll and the mobile cameras would help.

The NRMA wants a review of the cameras if the road toll remains unchanged

If i heard correct Macquire Bank is trying
to buy the company that is rolling these
out for the RTA.

Farking banks..........anywhere there is a buck
to steel from the working class.....

TB

if you see one , please stop and take photo of operator .

From UK   motorcyclenews.com 09 July 2010 16:24

Cameras collect £87million a year and cost 1.5million casualties

 Speed and red light cameras have collected £87million in a year and led to 1.5million extra casualties, according to a report.

The Taxpayers’ Alliance added up fines collected through cameras from 2008 to 2009 and calculated what casualty rates would have been without them based on trends before their rollout. 

The study concluded a downward trend in casualties slowed after cameras were introduced in 1991.

It said: ‘A total of £87,368,227 was collected in speeding and red light offences caught on speed cameras in the financial period 2008-09 in the UK. This also includes fines from magistrates’ courts for speeding offences and neglect of traffic directions in 2008.

‘Using the road casualty rate from 1978-1990 it can be estimated that 1,555,244 more road casualties have occurred from 1991-2007 than would have if the 1978-1990 trend had continued.’