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Old 18-10-2010, 06:50 PM   #1
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http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...-1225940315080

A bit long winded, but a Point-Point speed camera on the Hume in VIC has been found faulty....

Any one here get fined by it?

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Old 18-10-2010, 08:14 PM   #2
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Not me. its always funny watching people hit the brakes when coming up to them and then speed back up and take off :P I have actually seen one person driving a kia people mover drive right into the emergency lane at at least 110 to avoid getting snapped

Set cruise control and all is sweet.
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Old 18-10-2010, 08:26 PM   #3
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When is the Federal Government going to act on this blatant rorting under the thin guise of "road safety".

All they need to do is reduce each states grants by the amount they raise from speed cameras and use the money for road improvement in every OTHER state specifically NOT the one where it was raised.

Watch speed cameras disappear once they cost money rather than raise money......
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Old 18-10-2010, 08:58 PM   #4
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In the case of Victoria, thats $500 million a year. But seriously flappy, when have you seen govco (state or federal) work in the public interest???
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Old 18-10-2010, 10:38 PM   #5
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This quote from that gov't puppet Ken Lay is very interesting;
Police were unlikely to scrap the point-to-point cameras because measuring speed over several kilometres was arguably fairer than nabbing drivers for what could be momentary speeding, Mr Lay said

So now he is admitting that a momentary lapse and getting pinged for it is unfair.............I can see the sky falling in as I type
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Old 18-10-2010, 10:49 PM   #6
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Just on this subject. Does anyone know anything about any new fixed speed cameras going up on the Monash just after the Warrigal Road bridge, outbound?

I noticed the new sensor units today when I was on may way to Hastings.
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Old 18-10-2010, 11:59 PM   #7
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This is what the new primary detection beam units look like once the concrete has been done .

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These are the new units fitted on the Monash between Warrigal Road and Huntingdale Road, outbound. These are screen shots from my in-cab video cameras.



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This quote from that gov't puppet Ken Lay is very interesting;
Police were unlikely to scrap the point-to-point cameras because measuring speed over several kilometres was arguably fairer than nabbing drivers for what could be momentary speeding, Mr Lay said

So now he is admitting that a momentary lapse and getting pinged for it is unfair.............I can see the sky falling in as I type
Wham bam thankyou maam. Oh that is a classic.
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Old 19-10-2010, 10:08 AM   #9
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This is what the new primary detection beam units look like once the concrete has been done .

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These are the new units fitted on the Monash between Warrigal Road and Huntingdale Road, outbound. These are screen shots from my in-cab video cameras.
Un-freakin-believable. The audacity of these clowns knows no limits!!!
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Old 19-10-2010, 10:29 AM   #10
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That makes sense(NOT) we have a faulty point to point camera timing system but only 9 cars and trucks are affected by it out of thousands,hahahahaha
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Old 19-10-2010, 11:49 AM   #11
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This is what the new primary detection beam units look like once the concrete has been done .

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These are the new units fitted on the Monash between Warrigal Road and Huntingdale Road, outbound. These are screen shots from my in-cab video cameras.




Hrm.

Ill keep an eye out for the cameras going up on the sign then...

But, how are those sensors going to work with 4 lanes of traffic?
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Old 19-10-2010, 01:12 PM   #12
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bring on slater and gordon now they are stating no refunds for the other 68,000 how do they come up with only 9 people out of 68,000???..
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Old 19-10-2010, 02:12 PM   #13
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Faulty? i dont see how, i mean, its making money isnt it?
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Old 19-10-2010, 02:13 PM   #14
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It's faulty in that it didn't collect the correct amount of money
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It's faulty in that it didn't collect the correct amount of money
If the amount is less then it is faulty, if more then is has an "undocumented feature".
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Old 19-10-2010, 08:15 PM   #16
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I noticed the new sensor units today when I was on may way to Hastings.
HAH! we beat you by about 6 months! ... The RTA installed them at the Goondiwindi camera, to beat all those nasty law breaking Truckies that were turning their lights off going under it.
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Old 20-10-2010, 09:24 AM   #17
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HAH! we beat you by about 6 months! ... The RTA installed them at the Goondiwindi camera, to beat all those nasty law breaking Truckies that were turning their lights off going under it.
i didnt know turning your lights off could stop been pinged
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Just don't speed.

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We're talking the RTA's 'Safe-T-Cam' here. A point to point system, often turning off lights (or even the marker lights on the roof) stops the camera going off...and no, I don't know why

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Two more news stories on this today:

THe same cameras are used in QLD on the Bruce HWY:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1225941431254

And RedFlex (The company that owns the speed cameras) has settled with the VIC Gov with a 6 figure payout...

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Two more news stories on this today:

THe same cameras are used in QLD on the Bruce HWY:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1225941431254

And RedFlex (The company that owns the speed cameras) has settled with the VIC Gov with a 6 figure payout...
Grossly incompetent, unjust, unsuitable, prone to malfunctioning......

Sounds perfect for QLD.

From the government that bought you the $40,000,000 health payroll system that STILL does not work.........

Anna must go....
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