Good drivers may get registration and licence fees discounts after speed camera inqui

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QLD Good drivers may get registration and licence fees discounts after speed camera inquiry

Andrew MacDonald From: The Courier-Mail April 08, 2011 12:00AM

GOOD drivers might get discounts on registration and licence fees following an inquiry into fixed speed cameras.

Motorists also will get access to updated lists of fixed speed camera sites on the internet after the Government fully supported 10 and partially supported one of 15 recommendations from last year's Economic Development Committee inquiry into the safety benefits of the cameras.

In tabling the response in State Parliament yesterday, Transport Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk said the benefits of rewarding speed-compliant drivers with possible discounts to registration and licensing fees would now be investigated.

The department would consider offering rewards to drivers under the age of 25 who remained infringement-free during their first three years of driving. Open licence holders who went five years without incurring speeding fines may also get discounts when renewing their licences.


The concept had previously been rejected.

Meanwhile, the Government will look at using civilians instead of police officers to operate mobile speed cameras.

In supporting the inquiry's recommendation, the Government said "non sworn" technicians already worked on fixed speed and red light cameras.

But the Government did not support four of the committee's recommendations, including that laws be modified to allow a proportion of speed camera revenue be used to make council-controlled roads safer.

The government response said funding from camera revenue was "limited" and needed to be "prioritised", adding that councils already received road funding.