NedKelly

When heading from the coast they have installed fixed speed cameras to capture the 4 north bound lanes of traffic on the M1 between Beenleigh and Loganholme.

The cameras are attached to the northern side of the Logan Motorway bridge that crosses the M1.

DeadVim

Excellent, more people coughing up tax.

James516

Yes indeed. If only there were some way of making sure you didn't get a speeding ticket....

DeadVim

It's blatant revenue raising, why can't they concentrate on catching proper criminals.

<sent via SMS while driving through a school zone>

xzibit

Oh, well at least in that area, Australia is only 10 years behind the UK rather than the usual 20 years in all other areas.

Another 10 years, and they'll start turning the speed cameras off like they have in the UK.

Alfresco

Or paint them yellow at least, so everyone knows where they are (including TomTom) and doesn't speed past them.

B1K3R

Being new to Brissy, I'll be using GPS in my car. You can also upload speed cameras and set alarms for speed/approaching cameras.

This might save me from being caught, not that I'll speed, but sometimes I get alienated!!!!

Now in some countries in Europe this is illegal and cops can stop ye and check if you have speed cameras alarms uploaded in your GPS.

When I was in Spain for a holiday, this was a God sent

Do cops check these things in OZ?

Cheers
B!K3R

sassie

what really annoys me is when the cops have the speed gun on motorists in a 60kmh zone. Why arent they out on the motorway catching the real idiots who are more likely going to kill someone!

medwaymark

I have Tom Tom on my iPhone and it bleeps when there is a speed or red-light camera. Don't know how up to date they keep them. They use mobile cameras a lot around SE Queensland & not necessarily in marked vehicles. Best to keep under the limit. I use cruise control a lot & I'm sure that's saved me from a ticket or two!

DadAgain

I've spoken to a LOT f people given speeding tickets when using cruise control. Its too easy to forget about your speed and then find that as the road has a slight 2% downhill gradient the cars speed creeps up.



???? You dont think people get killed on 60kmh streets? I'm not sure of the stats, but Id be surprised if 60kmh zones werent overrepresented. Suburbia is where people are going slow enough to 'zone out' and there are still LOTS of hazards like pedestrians, cars pulling out, slow buses, unexpected traffic lights etc etc. By comparison 100kmh roads tend to be straight and relatively hazard free.

DeadVim

Er, I thought all cruise controls maintained a constant speed regardless of gradient ... well, ours does anyway ...

DadAgain

Lucky you - any car I've ever driven (90's Honda, '00 LandRover, '05 Toyota, '04 Holden, '09 Holden, '09 Ford, '09 Toyota) only ever had cruise control that stops your minimum speed dropping below the trigger. It had no effect whatsoever on 'runaway acceleration' - ergo you are MORE likely to get done speeding with CC on than not!

sassie

the 60kmh zone I'm talking about is a relatively quiet service road, well away from suburbia with only 1 turning and no pedestrian activity whatsoever.

DeadVim

Interesting, I will do some experiments ... below the speed limit

Alfresco

Try the hilly areas at say 60kph and see what it does by the time you get to the crest. It's quite scary/fun.