Speed Camera Placement

[Brokenshire]

From an 'A current Affair' during the week i saw a guy in Victoria who was aying that they can't set up speed cameras if the car can roll faster than the speed limit i.e on a downhill.
Can someone confirm this? and wether this is the case in NSW

[Graeme]

I have no idea about NSW, when I was working mobile speed camera's in Vic the rules were if you came down a hill in high gear and backed of the loud pedal and the car gained speed then that was a no operation area.
We were given sections of roads to work between post, roads, signs or what ever, normaly a klm long and depending on the sun and buildings we were to find somewhere to set up.

If NSW is using the same equipment the rules will most likely be the same.

Graeme.

[gadj]

Most of the country bases its operations on VicRoads methods & documents.

[Brokenshire]

So it IS ok if you roll over the speed limit?

[Brayden]

What Graeme is saying is that they aren't allowed to set up cameras in areas where gravity causes the car to accelerate over the speed limit.

If this is the case then you could argue an infringement given in such an area, but you'd still have to prove it. In the end you have a brake pedal for a reason.

[supervan]

seting up mobile van speed cameras in downhill places realy pisses me of

[Breyten]

Hehehe, all we have are mobile ones. They dont always follow the rules either. Ie Can't comoflage/hide, but placing them behind fixed rubbish bind and bus stops is common practice.

Usually spot the car/truck <15m away before the camera anyway.

[supervan]

the fixed ones arnt to bad oposed to thoes sneaky vans allways at the bottom of a hill..hang on did i just say that the fixed ones arnt so bad what am i saying they are all just revenue raizers and dont do much more then slow people down for a 100 mtrs or so.....

[Billie]

Where are all these speed cameras?

I havn't been caught, and my foots planted all the time, although in a mighty boy it kind of does have to be planted lol.

[supervan]

thats what i mean there thet sneaky you carnt see em.the carry's not the problem its my vx they seem to get me in,just about every morning i go to work there is a speed camera (mobile van) hiddin along sandgate rd .coming down the toowoomba range one arfternoon a 12% decent yep there was one half way down.ive seen heaps where the speed limit is 80 and it goes to 60 (porly singd) for about a k or 2 and then back to 80 and yep they put the van in the 60 zone,coming past byron bay on the highway the speed limit is 100 all the way from ballina to byron as you get to byron there is a speed camera half way down a step hill the speed limit drops for no reson other then the camera the speed limit drops to 80 for 2 kays and then back to 100... i could realy go on and on for days

[Breyten]

Mate, that's exactly how it has been in WA for the last 10+ years.
mobile systems, with the only signage being a small A3ish sized thing usually placed parallel with the road so you don't see it until after you have already passed the camera.
Downhill, uphill, the lot.

No wonder people here are such atrocious drivers, eyes are glued on the speedo out of fear, rather than on the road and around their surroundings as they should be.

New cameras just been brought on-line are combined red-light and speed cameras. A genuine safety use.

[Billie]

Everyone speeds, its a fact.

In the boy i cant keep it under 60 with it in 3rd, so its either go 65-70 or have my foot on the brake the whole way down.

Called queensland transport and asked what happens if im caught doing 65 in a 60 on a incline, woman said you will get a ticket but can contest it.

I'd rather go 70 down a hill than make my rims all dirty from brake dust lol.

[me217]

mine barely does 60 in third and also i saw a police 4wd speed cam and it was completely unmarked no sign or stickers on the car.

[Billie]

Mine does allmost 100 in 3rd, i think it may just get to 100 acturally.

[me217]

mine sounds like its screaming its ass off at 60. maybe i have the f5a gearbox. i always thought it had the f8b as i got the engine out of a hatch with a factory f8b.