New Point to Point Speed Cameras

[Ktee]

MORE than 2400 motorists have been caught speeding on Port Wakefield road in the past 12 months and that figure is expected to spike when new point-to-point cameras start operating. The devices, also known as average speed cameras, are expected to be operational by the end of the year on Port Wakefield Rd and the Dukes Highway.

The system involves measuring the time taken by a vehicle to travel between two camera sites.

The average speed of the vehicle is calculated by dividing the distance between the cameras by the time taken for the vehicle to travel between the sites.

If the average speed of the vehicle is in excess of the speed limit, the vehicle is recorded as having committed a speeding offence.

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The cameras will also be able to detect a vehicle's actual speed at each location.

A Transport Department spokeswoman said that despite the complexity of the technology, the system left no room for error.

"The technology used to detect average speed is extremely accurate," she said.

"The distance used when calculating a vehicle's average speed across an average speed safety camera enforcement length will be the shortest practicable distance, which ensures that there is no possibility that a driver's speed can be over-estimated. A registered land surveyor has certified the travelling distance accurately."

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Other locations set to receive point-to-point cameras include Victor Harbor Rd, the South East Freeway, Northern Expressway and Sturt Highway.

The Transport Department says the cameras will bring immediate benefits.

"Reductions in average travel speed across the network is the most effective and swift way to reduce road trauma and would produce significant and immediate road safety benefits," the spokeswoman said.

[Guest BurgessFamily]

that's one way to fix the economy.

[HEAPS GOOD !!!]

Just slow down.....surely that's the answer....of you aint going too fast then you wnt get a fine...I have been done twice and i learnt my lesson...

 

 

HG

[mydearboy]

Brilliant news, they have had these for years in the uk

[xzibit]

Just drive really fast and then stop just before the camera for 30secs.

[scooterdan]

If they're like early UK ones just change lanes.... They couldn't work it out then!

[xzibit]

If they're like early UK ones just change lanes.... They couldn't work it out then!

 

They solved that issue back it 1952.

[snifter]

If they're like early UK ones just change lanes.... They couldn't work it out then!

 

Yeah, that got fixed a while back.

 

They caught a huge amount of people with them around Bristol on the M5 recently.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-23006599

 

Its a cash cow thats for sure.

 

They tend to use them on areas where there are roadworks or some such so to keep people slower but personally I'd not have an issue with them being all along motorways if it means peoples average speed stays down to the actual limit. Its not difficult to stick to the limit and knowing you have been clocked by cameras at regular intervals you can easily keep your speed constant and not get fined.

[scooterdan]

They solved that issue back it 1952.

 

Well it did say 'Early'!

[DAVID.CHRISTINE]

Hi what are the cameras for on Ocean Boulevard are they speed or rego or both ,people don't seem to be slowing down so guess their not working yet

[xzibit]

They're average speed cameras afaik. Can't be working as there need to be more than one set. Seem pointless on a road full of intersections and lights in both directions.

[sidestep]

Safe-T-Cam

 

They record all rego plates however the software only looks for HGV's at present. They could also record non-rego'd vehicles if DTUP chose to do so. I think they should.