New speed Cameras coming

Bloody Mexicans

Missed one

Noticed one during the week on the corner of Latrobe and William street (Flagstaff gardens)

They are a bit bigger than a usual CCTV camera hanging from a light pole with a solid metal box chained at the base

By the way it was set up, I thought it was both a speed camera and red light camera

No flash, so you don't know you've been pinged

Are these camera's permantly set up at intersections?

Cheers

Deanna

You all may be interested in Trapster, which I've been using for a few months now.

It is basically a community trap warning system. It's free to use and works on various smart phones. Otherwise you cna plug ina route and it'll tell you where the traps are.

Trapster Site

Good to see the government raising some revenue to pay back their wasteful spending....on ya krudd!

How to beat the speed camera

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Police in Victoria are unleashing a new speed camera system called 'point to point' ahead of the Easter long weekend.
The point to point system is made up of two speed cameras which both take images of every passing car and register the vehicle's speed.
How to beat the speed camera Speed cameras: doubling the moneyThe camera digitally photographs each vehicle at two points along a roadway to better gauge driver behaviour. If a driver slows down for one camera and speeds up for another the cameras will capture it.
The average speed of the driver between the two points is the basis of the system. So if your average speed is above the limit then you will be booked.
The cameras communicate with a central computer and incident reports are sent to the police regarding drivers who travel above the limit.
The images are automatically verified by the system and then double checked by staff to ensure both images match up.
The locations for the system are fixed and are listed on the Victorian Department of Justice website.
The accuracy of the new system makes it nearly impossible to cheat, according to superintendent Shane Patton.
"We're going to catch people, there's no way to avoid apprehension," said Patton. "We know it's going to work."
In addition to its accurate readings, the system can also calculate the speed of a car before it passes the first camera in the point system, catching out drivers who slow down when they spot a camera.
This technology is likely to catch a lot of drivers out, according to Wheels' magazine's John Cadogen.
"Slowing down at speed cameras then speeding up is almost a national sport. These cameras will certainly stop people doing that," Cadogen said.
Ten of the new camera systems will be unleashed on Victoria's Hume highway over the Easter weekend with plans to roll out more point to point systems in the coming months.
The system has already been trialled in News South Wales. The two point system currently operates in both the UK and the Netherlands.

The camera sites that are listed are not the new type of camera that you are stating. these sites are old red light camera only sites that have been taken over by the DOJV and retrofitted with a different camera now. the pillar mount with the multi lane camera is on test on the Maroondah Hwy in Croydon.there are a few in the west also,were as the old sites still run film and are run for Victoria Police by a contractor.

We've had point to point on the Hume for some time now by the way.

And the margin by law for a speed infringement is 3 kph in Vic. If I put on a new tyre or sneeze on the motorbike it can put me over this easily.

Course the pollies like to boast that its about safety not revenue and quote stats about the reduced road toll. (No mention of better roads, safer cars etc.).

In an analysis of nearly 50 years of crash data collected by the police in the UK, 32% were found to be primarily caused by not paying attention or being distracted. Exceeding the speed limit didn't even make the top 10. The report was only released after an FOI claim. Interestingly the speed fine industry there is run by the police and recently a number of chief constables put out a combined request to Govt to reduce the number of cameras as they felt they were curdling relations with the public.

1st source: news articles plus observation. The first is on the Craigieburn bypass and the last (heading Nth) near Broadford or Seymour. And there's one or two more in between.

Plus http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Road+Safety/Home/RSAFETY+-+Camera+Testing+Certificate+FAQs+(1)

2nd source: the UK magazine called Bike. If you're interested I'll try to track down the original report.