Fixed speed camera fine numbers down in S.A.

Bud Bud · 31-08-2009, 02:12 PM

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...2-2682,00.html

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THE number of people caught speeding by fixed cameras fell by more than 8 per cent last financial year.

I love this, and not for the wrong reasons!

The speed limit default is reduced to 50 k/ph and they have more speed cameras than ever before, especially in 50 k/ph spots and yet revenue from fixed speed cameras still manages to fall. What will they do next to make up this short fall, lower the speed limit even more?

All this would not matter a steaming continental flying fig if in fact the road toll was not still constantly going up in S.A. atm either. In S.A. they originally set a road toll target of keeping under 90 in 09 (and good on em for trying) but they had to revise that campaign last month because we were already near 80 with 4 months to go. Over the weekend three more lives were lost and also another on Thursday, all in separate crashes. I think we are close to 84 now with no way of staying under the original 90 target this year.

This could be a shockingly blown out year if we can not get this under control.

Unfortunately from the last 4 deaths recorded, 3 were in the country again tipping an imbalance of road trauma per population in favour of country drivers.

All this as the city continues to grind to a halt while fixed speed camera revenue also continues to fall!

blueoval · 31-08-2009, 02:15 PM

That is good news. Just goes to show speed cameras do NOT save lives. Just makes the driver more weary of his/her wallet.

mrbaxr6t · 31-08-2009, 05:47 PM

but speed cameras save lives - just ask their propaganda machine

joolz · 31-08-2009, 06:42 PM

They will just install more cameras in high traffic zones and not high accident zones to justify that "cameras save lives" If the road toll does decrease even if its not due to the extra cameras they will drive home that they save lives.

Kil4Collingwood · 31-08-2009, 10:02 PM

They will just follow Victorias lead when camera revenue drops, lower the speed limits and put up more cameras on multi-lane roads with ridiculously low speed limits

xls3v · 31-08-2009, 10:55 PM

I got done today I think was doing 60 in a 50 can't wait for that one

**Full Noise** · 31-08-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by xls3v

I got done today I think was doing 60 in a 50 can't wait for that one

How dare you drive at such a dangerous speed, you could have killed an entire suburb. When they get your speed camera pic back from the chemist, they will be changing that 50 zone to a 25 zone, but you will not have to worry about that.

By the time you get out of jail for this heinous crime, you’ll be to bloody old to drive.

That’ll learn ya.

ea90gl · 01-09-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Full Noise

How dare you drive at such a dangerous speed, you could have killed an entire suburb. When they get your speed camera pic back from the chemist, they will be changing that 50 zone to a 25 zone, but you will not have to worry about that.

By the time you get out of jail for this heinous crime, you’ll be to bloody old to drive.

That’ll learn ya.

lol 10 kays over, good enough to make baby jesus cry too

ea90gl · 01-09-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by xls3v

I got done today I think was doing 60 in a 50 can't wait for that one

seriously probably set you back around the $202 mark

Wally · 01-09-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xls3v

I got done today I think was doing 60 in a 50 can't wait for that one

Every K over is a killer... you just killed ten people.

hame · 01-09-2009, 05:48 PM

Was that a Camry?

You don't see too many of those doing a proper speed.

FordFalconBF · 01-09-2009, 06:00 PM

In ten years time the speed limit will me 1km/hr.. might as well walk..

joolz · 01-09-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Wally

Every K over is a killer... you just killed ten people.

That commercial is flawed. I dont know of many 70km/h zones in built up residential areas with no service lanes.

torbirdie · 01-09-2009, 08:10 PM

Analysing the effects of road safety measures by simply looking at the number of deaths is rather simplistic, only a very small % of collisions actually result in deaths.

Its really impossible to say what would happen if speed cameras etc were not around on the total number of deaths. What can be measured though is the rates of serious injury and property damage, all of which go down when cameras/limits are more rigourously enforced.

So some of you reckon that speed cameras and traffic infringements are there just to raise taxes?

Why dont you beat the system and obey the road rules and let all the other wallies pay?

what happens when everyone learns to obey the rules, where will the money come from?

Perhaps it will come from the million dollars saved by our public health system? If not maybe from our personal income tax, we will have more disposable income due to our insurance premiums being lower,
but then again there will be unemployed panel beaters, damn it, we will just need to keep on doing we dont want to put anyone out of work.

cycle myth · 01-09-2009, 08:26 PM

Yes that would be good.

No speeders, no speeding fines

...........but do you think there will be a nil road toll?

At what time will the penny drop and an angry public take action against the authorities for failing to take the most appropriate action that makes the most positive impact to road safety.

Translation - they are failing us.

xls3v · 01-09-2009, 06:02 PM

Was in a Holden bloody work ute

Auslandau · 02-09-2009, 09:09 PM

Why does anything with 'Speed camera' in the title ALWAYS turn into poop ..... Cameras are great VS cameras are bad. I hate speed camera threads about as much as speed cameras ..... sorry to the OP with the original discussion Fixed speed camera fine numbers down in S.A. turning into the usual left hand turn .....

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