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[Article] Australia: Millions of lost revenue from faulty speed cameras

  • 06-05-2004 3:40pm
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    (Reposted from RISKS Digest 23.35)
    Millions of lost revenue from faulty speed cameras
    Bertrand Meyer <Bertrand.Meyer@inf.ethz.ch>
    Sat, 01 May 2004 14:44:42 +0200

    Given the attention this story has been commanding in Australia, I was
    surprised to find no record in RISKS. The country is proud of its strictness
    in enforcing speed rules, sometimes fining motorists for driving one
    kilometer above the posted limit (however absurd that sounds). The state of
    Victoria has numerous speed cameras. Last year their accuracy was
    questioned after reports that a truck with a maximum speed of 140 km/h was
    caught traveling at 164 km/h, and other similar incidents. After the first
    such report the Assistant Commissioner said (Melbourne Age, 11 Nov 2003):

    "There's no evidence to support that any of the other cameras are
    malfunctioning [...] in any other way,"

    but he later had to change to:

    "It's embarrassing for everybody... Technology is technology and I think
    we have had indications where it doesn't say the right thing."

    The state government then ordered tests of all the cameras in the system,
    and had to suspend fines from all fixed cameras. According to the Age of 29
    April 2004, the problems were supposed to "take six weeks to fix" but:

    almost six months after the State Government suspended the issuing of
    fines from Victoria's fixed speed cameras, problems with the cameras are
    still unresolved [...] A State Government spokesman confirmed yesterday
    that the 47 fixed cameras were still under review. He was unable to say
    when the issue would be resolved.

    More than 40,000 fines notified to motorists have been suspended until the
    results are in. This represents a total sum of over six million Australian
    dollars.

    For details:

    http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083224516563.html
    (30 Apr 2004)

    http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/28/1083103551024.html
    (29 Apr 2004)

    http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/10/1068329487082.html?from=storyrhs
    (11 Nov 2003)


Comments

  • #2
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    It was never the fixed cameras you had to worry about in Oz it was the omnipresence of speed cops you had to worry about. The strict regime pays off as the majority of the drivers stick to the speed limit. It is an education driving over there.


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