14 December 2012

Speed camera van

14 December 2012 | Pork Hunt

This speed camera van was parked about two hundred metres from the 80 kmh sign at the end of a long down hill stretch on the Monaro Hwy just before Isabella Drive north bound.

Do Rioters know what guide lines are used to determine the positioning of such vans?

And no, I didn’t get done.

I stopped to take the photo.

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tim_c4:27 pm 07 Jan 13

Isn’t that speed limit change sign-posted a long way in advance “80 ahead”? The speed limit applies from the point where the signs are positioned, very much like traffic lights, STOP and GIVE WAY signs, etc. Saying you were in the process of slowing to 80km/h is a bit like saying you were in the process of stopping as you flew past the STOP sign.

thebrownstreak699:36 am 18 Dec 12

There’s no doubt it’s revenue raising, but given they are targeting the people who speed and don’t watch out for cameras it’s a bit hard to feel sorry for people getting caught.

Most people in Canberra speed on a regular basis. I see it every time I drive. But if you watch out for the vans and fixed speed cameras you’ll never get caught, because there are no cops on the road booking people.

JC7:29 am 18 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

Whilst I do generally believe that speed enforcement in Canberra is revenue raising, in your case however all I can say is good job. Luckily it was a speed camera van around the blind corner on your quiet suburban street rather than some kid or oldie who may have ventured on the road. Quiet suburban streets is where these things should be.

OEPA12:05 am 18 Dec 12

cranky said :

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

This revenue raising conduct certainly upsets the troops, but can Govco show any benefit from this over the top enforcement?

Has even one local road fatality this year been as a result of a driver exceeding 50kph in a local limit?

I think not. It is simply revenue raising!

are you saying this year it is all about revenue raising – but next year when there are speed related fatalities… will you tell the families?

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd9:23 pm 17 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

LOL 9 km over a 50 km speed limit is almost a 20 % over the limit.

KB19719:16 pm 17 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

Dont do 59km/h & you will be right………

Every time I do 50 where I am supposed to I get tailgated. It seems that people forget that residential areas are 50 unless otherwise signposted.

buzz8198:26 pm 17 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

So wait, you were going over the speed limit and caught, not once but at least 3 times in less then a week? Seems like maybe you should rethink the way you drive, 50km/h limits are there for a reason, you could just do 50km/h and not give the speed camera vans a reason to sit in that spot?

I must say, if the speed camera van was in the same place each time, and it wasn’t until receiving the first ticket, which I’m guessing took 3 or 4 days, you could write in and say that the only reason you continued to break the law, was because you were not aware you had broken it originally and that after the first ticket you would have slowed down if it was an on the spot fine, as opposed to having to wait up to a week to receive the infringement? Always worth a shot.

cranky7:26 pm 17 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

This revenue raising conduct certainly upsets the troops, but can Govco show any benefit from this over the top enforcement?

Has even one local road fatality this year been as a result of a driver exceeding 50kph in a local limit?

I think not. It is simply revenue raising!

bigfeet6:57 pm 17 Dec 12

voytek3 said :

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

If you are doing 59 on ‘blind corners’ in suburban streets then you are definitely one of ‘Canberra’s genuine bad drivers’

Enjoy your ‘obscenely large fines’…

It is you who are ‘scum’. I hope you are taken off the road soon.

voytek35:39 pm 17 Dec 12

In less than a week I have been hit with over $500 worth of “speeding” fines because of these revenue raising vans. All on 50km suburban streets around blind corners at peak hour it is nothing more than ACT government sanctioned highway robbery. How can it be justified penalising someone for going 59km and hour down a hill on a quiet suburban street on their way home from work by fining them $167 per “offence” and taking a demerit point each time? It is overkill to the extreme and near criminal. If these scum actually targeted Canberra’s genuine bad drivers with the same obscenely large fines we’d have a quarter as many cars on the road than we do now.

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