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Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Ohhh - No,
Im living in the uk and moving over to brisbane in a couple of months, i thought they had'nt invented them over there yet! Is there any where in the world i can move to to avoid this curse to man kind? |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by loomatt
Ohhh - No,
Im living in the uk and moving over to brisbane in a couple of months, i thought they had'nt invented them over there yet! Is there any where in the world i can move to to avoid this curse to man kind? My son got a fine and an 'on the spot' month's ban in Victoria. Caught speeding by a police car with a dashboard mounted radar coming towards him but several hundred yards away :scared: G |
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You could always try direct action in protest against the speed cameras
( speeding is bad, taking mickey out of police is bad too, but this picture is funny so on balance... ) . If anyone wants to borrow some black pen, I think there is still some ink left in it. |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by annqldau
Did get an excellent video clip i've now deleted that showed man knocked over and given head injury by car doing 30 miles per hour then same man crossing road was not knocked over by car doing 60 miles per hour as it had already passed....motto going slow kills.
IMHO the bloody things should be banned in the UK and discouraged in Oz by adding a rego surcharge for vehicles registered in metroploitan areas. Sorry to go off-topic. |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by Cam1977
The lack of logic here is pretty mindboggling. But a real bugbear of mine is the number of cars with bullbars driving around suburban Oz and UK. A recent study showed that a pedestrian struck by a car at 30 mph was about 20% likely to be fatally injured; add a bullbar to the car and the fatality rate went up to about 80%. (The numbers may be wrong, but in the right ballpark.)
IMHO the bloody things should be banned in the UK and discouraged in Oz by adding a rego surcharge for vehicles registered in metroploitan areas. Sorry to go off-topic. http://libdemmeps.org.uk/news/25.html |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Hey Vanessa! That was quick...I didn't realise I had so much influence...one post on here and they change the law in five minutes. ;)
Edit: Oops...just noticed that it was May 2005. Is that law already in effect? |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
It's also worth bearing in mind that many trucks are electronically speed-limited by the companies which own them. This is an attempt to ensure that their drivers don't do anything stupid while they're on the job.
Most speed-limited trucks with have some sort of sign or marking on the back to let you know. |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by 232Bar
But if you turn you ignition key slightly back then full on again without the engine stopping, on some speed limiters this will bypass it (ermmmm ALLEGEDLY!!!!)
Ridiculous Andrew |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
How timely, I got my photo from the Qld Police today , I was doing 111kmh on a 100kmh stretch of 4 lane highway (yes 4 lane) so I figured it was 110 limit. D'oh, of course the 110kmhs limit started 1 km up the road ;-)
100 bucks and 1 point , on a bank holiday weekend. lucky. I figure they doctored it because of my Donut photos |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by Rachel & Paul
Wouldnt it be easier if you got a gps sat nav and downloaded the speed camera locations off the net? Therefore you havent got a detector, so it wont set off any bells or whistles in the patrol car, but you will be aware of all the known locations where they hide.
Seems simple to me. Paul |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by FloridaLee
How many of these in Oz ? Specifically the Gold Coast. Do you have as many as UK ????
Cheers for any info Lee :) |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by moneypen20
Haven't read further on, can probably imagine what has been said, but why do you need to know :confused: Don't speed, you won't get clobbered, so it's irrelevant whether there is one or 100.
Where I am at the moment (Florida) , you never see any speed camera's. I've only ever saw one cop with a speed gun in the last year. Interesting the differences between the countries. Lee |
Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by 232Bar
But if you turn you ignition key slightly back then full on again without the engine stopping, on some speed limiters this will bypass it (ermmmm ALLEGEDLY!!!!)
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Re: Oz Speed Cameras
Originally Posted by moneypen20
Haven't read further on, can probably imagine what has been said, but why do you need to know :confused: Don't speed, you won't get clobbered, so it's irrelevant whether there is one or 100.
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Re: Oz Speed Cameras
hiya guys, ok to put the record straight on our dilemma! my husband does not generally speed - yeah i know i know i hear you cry we all say that, but its the truth, he is a very conscientious driver and very rarely goes over the limit, unfortunately this was one of those times, we were basically trying to overtake one of those huge juganaut lorry things on a very steep downhill slope, it was one of those roads where the two lanes merge into one at the end, anyway the juganaut sped up - obviously the downhill slope, so we tried to overtake obviously going faster than we would have normally and got caught simple as - first offence EVER!! even in the UK neither my husband nor i have ever had speeding points or fines - so you can imagine our devastation!!
speeding is not good, i agree - i simply feel the ban was somewhat harsh considering he cant get a job now for six months!! cheers vb2
Originally Posted by Mandy&Cliff
Please do tell, What speed were you doing to cop that one. :eek:
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