901 speeders nabbed

Tell the truth – speed does not affect my ability to stop my car, I push the brake pedal in the same way irrespective of whether I am doing 20kmh or 110kmh. the difference is that my car won’t stop in the same distance at a higher speed, compared with a lower speed.[/quote>

Tell the truth yourself – you’ve left off the critical part about preventing collisions. The difference is that if you’re doing 65 in a 50 zone, you will not be able to stop the car as quickly as you could if you were doing 50.

Dear speeders

Thank you for giving up your money. I don’t care if it doesn’t go toward roads. I don’t care if it’s not revenue at all. I don’t care if they put it all in a big pile and set it on fire. You don’t have it anymore, and that makes me smile.

PS – ha ha

I’d say the community quite obviously tolerates speeding. We see it constantly, most of us do it, and we don’t demand measures that would reduce it.

Tooks said :

I think it would be a good opportunity to have a month targeting tailgating, a month targeting vehicles not keeping left when required to. Basically, the offences which are a bit harder to enforce, but which are rife in the ACT.

I agree. They do this occasionally but not often enough. When you look at the statistics (http://cdn.justice.act.gov.au/resources/uploads/JACS/Road_Safety/PDFs/ACT_Road_Crash_Reports/2012_Road_Traffic_Crashes_in_the_ACT.pdf) rear-end and right turn/angle collisions account for the most casualty accidents in the ACT. While speeding or excess speed for the conditions can contribute to these types of accidents, I’d venture to say that tailgating and driver inattention/incompetence have a fair role to play.

I know it is hard to do, but it is a pity they don’t attempt to try and assign some primary and secondary causes (or rule them out) for these types of crash. For example of the 109 casualty right turn in to an oncoming vehicle accidents in 2012, in how many was the oncoming vehicle at or below the speed limit? And same for the rear enders? Or did the drivers just fail to pay attention? And how many were over the alcohol limit?

I know it is hard to gather these type of stats in all cases but the complete lack of them makes a joke of the evidence based road safety policy we’re meant to have in the ACT.

Watson said :

I just want to say thanks to the speeders for donating money for Canberra roads.

The money is going somewhere, but it sure as hell isn’t to our roads….

I just want to say thanks to the speeders for donating money for Canberra roads.

goggles13 said :

“This type of irresponsible act will not be tolerated by the community”

so the AFP is speaking for the rest of the community now – when did this happen?

“Drivers need to remember speed affects their ability to stop their car to prevent collisions.”

Tell the truth – speed does not affect my ability to stop my car, I push the brake pedal in the same way irrespective of whether I am doing 20kmh or 110kmh. the difference is that my car won’t stop in the same distance at a higher speed, compared with a lower speed.

“Drivers who willfully speed were gambling with their own lives, the lives of other drivers and passengers, and the lives of children, pedestrians and cyclists.”

won’t someone think of the animals!!??????!!!!

“Station Sergeant Anderson said he was also concerned by the 73 motorists caught speeding in school zones during the month of October.”

yeah because they weren’t paying attention or couldn’t give a stuff……….a monetary fine is not going to help fix their attitude, but a licence suspension may.

Just on your last point, the only way they’ll get a suspension is by either accruing too many points, or failing to pay a fine. No fines, no suspension.

Bludgeoning the public with the same message month after month, year after year isn’t working. I don’t know what the answer is, but it isn’t this. Not bagging the efforts, just the effectiveness of the message.

Also, it seems the same few monthly targets just rotate through: speeding, rbt, seatbelts, intersections.
I think it would be a good opportunity to have a month targeting tailgating, a month targeting vehicles not keeping left when required to. Basically, the offences which are a bit harder to enforce, but which are rife in the ACT.

“This type of irresponsible act will not be tolerated by the community”

so the AFP is speaking for the rest of the community now – when did this happen?

“Drivers need to remember speed affects their ability to stop their car to prevent collisions.”

Tell the truth – speed does not affect my ability to stop my car, I push the brake pedal in the same way irrespective of whether I am doing 20kmh or 110kmh. the difference is that my car won’t stop in the same distance at a higher speed, compared with a lower speed.

“Drivers who willfully speed were gambling with their own lives, the lives of other drivers and passengers, and the lives of children, pedestrians and cyclists.”

won’t someone think of the animals!!??????!!!!

“Station Sergeant Anderson said he was also concerned by the 73 motorists caught speeding in school zones during the month of October.”

yeah because they weren’t paying attention or couldn’t give a stuff……….a monetary fine is not going to help fix their attitude, but a licence suspension may.

La_Tour_Maubourg said :

Perhaps the Govt could consider speed limits that suit the road and cancel further plans to lower certain speed limits.
Anybody else notice the speed limit change on Horse Park Drive west of Federal Highway? Now 60km/h. This is not in a roadwork area. Maybe this is to deter motorists from roling down the slope at speed?

Agree, especially when you do 90 on the new GDE turn off onto Barton and its 100 til the big roundabout. Seriously what is the real difference in these roads, or the parkway or the bit of the Monaro that is 100. Make the parkways/dual carriage ways 100, other major roads 80 the rest 50/60 and school/shops 40. Get rid of 70 and 90 altogether.

I’m sure someone has twisted statistics to suit themselves here like saying you are 20% more likely to have an accident at 100 rather than 90. Of course that is 20% (which sounds big) on something like less than 1% but even on 1% it means you are 1.2% likely to crash.

I’ve got no issues with booking speeders, but be sensible about it.

So people are still speeding, TINs are still being issued, and life goes on as normal.

shirty_bear said :

Cameras are issuing warnings now?

The story isn’t about speed cameras. Or is there a subtle joke that flew over my head?

Cameras are issuing warnings now?

Perhaps the Govt could consider speed limits that suit the road and cancel further plans to lower certain speed limits.
Anybody else notice the speed limit change on Horse Park Drive west of Federal Highway? Now 60km/h. This is not in a roadwork area. Maybe this is to deter motorists from roling down the slope at speed?