Revealing non-fixed speed camera spots will work, says top cop

A GOVERNMENT proposal to tell motorists where non-fixed speed cameras are deployed has been endorsed by the incoming police commissioner.

Premier Campbell Newman told a budget estimates hearing this month that police would be asked to regularly identify where they were putting speed cameras - as already happens in other states.
The incoming commissioner, Ian Stewart, said he agreed that publicising speed camera locations could slow down lead-footed drivers and improve road safety.
"I think it's a great idea because the primary purpose of speed cameras is to slow traffic down to make sure people are obeying the speed limits," Mr Stewart said.
"We know they have an impact. We've seen it over the years with the trend lines of serious traffic accidents."
But Mr Stewart said there was value in police still being able to deploy some speed cameras undercover.

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QLD state government is considering outsourcing speed cameras to private operators,

The state government is considering outsourcing speed cameras to private operators, replacing police operators with civilian public servants.  The government is seeking to increase its revenue from speed cameras by $28 million in the next year to $81 million, The Courier-Mail said.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers told AAP the plan was "sheer madness" and put revenue ahead of safety .

"The Queensland police manage speed cameras as a way to improve road safety and outsourcing their operation to a private company can only mean that profit is the number one priority," RACQ 

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WA- Bosses warned on speed camera fines

WA motorists avoided more than 10,000 fines and demerit point penalties while driving fleet vehicles last year because their employers failed to identify the driver caught on camera speeding or running red lights.
New statistics show employers did not name drivers responsible for almost 10 per cent of the more than 108,000 camera infringements involving vehicles registered to companies and agencies last year.

A company that tells police it does not know who was behind the wheel must pay double the speeding or red light fine. But the driver avoids the demerit points.
Three government departments were among those organisations that failed several times last year to name the driver responsible, while some private companies almost never nominated who was behind the wheel and one WA car dealership paid more than 100 fines.Shadow police minister Michelle Roberts said tougher penalties were needed to make companies more accountable.

"The pictures are generally very clear and they should be able to identify their own staff," she said. "People are basically using it to not get demerit points and keep their licences when they normally might lose them."
Mrs Roberts said there was no excuse for government departments failing to identify drivers.
In NSW, companies that fail to nominate a driver can face fines of up to $11,000 plus the original infringement penalties.
Police Minister Liza Harvey hoped the police visits to company managers would have an effect. She would monitor the result and consider amending the law if required.

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QLD police to notify each time they set up a speed camera

POLICE will have to inform Queenslanders each time they set-up a new speed camera under a new "e-government" plan


OLICE will have to inform Queenslanders each time they set-up a new speed camera under a new "e-government" plan.Premier Campbell Newman used his estimates hearing debut in Parliament on Tuesday to announce a "data revolution" for Queensland.

Mr Newman said the Government would "throw out everything" it had onto a website to make sure the public was informed.
"We intend to release that information on a regular basis," he said.
But by everything Mr Newman means everything government department director-generals deem appropriate.
He flagged asking police to release information regarding speed camera locations, traffic data and the electrical consumption of government agencies.

"Open access to information held by the State Government will help stimulate the development of new, innovative applications by all sorts of private individuals, companies and non-government organisations," Mr Newman said.
An Open Data Reform Group will work with Mr Stevens to establish the site and select information for release. The website is still under construction.  Read more...

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five deaths in less than 48 hours but no to new cameras

The State Government has rejected the recommendations of its road safety experts that it buy more speed cameras and increase police radar patrols.
The revelations come after five deaths in less than 48 hours on country roads last weekend, prompting calls for tougher enforcement, road improvements and pleas for drivers to stop taking risks.
In a bid to crack down on speeding drivers, the Road Safety Council recommended spending $5.8 million of road trauma trust account funding this financial year, rising to $25.9 million in 2015-16, to buy more mobile and fixed cameras for country and metropolitan use and fund more regional police radar patrols.

Road Safety Minister Liza Harvey said the Government had decided to spend more money on road improvements than on extra cameras. She justified the decision to use RTTA funds for infringement processing, saying it was a necessary cost to achieve better road safety.
Professor Holman warned speed enforcement was just one of a range of important measures to reduce the "bloody carnage" and high country road toll.
About 60 per cent of fatal crashes are on regional roads and the country road crash rate is about five times higher than Perth.
The high crash rate has prompted police to increase traffic patrols in rural areas but Assistant Police Commissioner Gary Budge said it was difficult to control inattention and impatience.
Mr Budge said many regional crashes were catastrophic because of the high speeds involved and medical assistance was often further away.
RAC head of advocacy Matt Brown said a big percentage of WA's regional road network was not of an acceptable safety standard .

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Ch7- Speeding in School Zones How Do We Solve this Problem

Picking up on new research on Speeding in School Zones by Road Safety Expert Ian Faulks Ch7's The morning Show ran a  segment with Ian Faulks and  Jon Dee one of  Australia's leading issues campaigners . Ian Faulks highlights www.SpeedAlertLive.com as good  way of solving the problem.

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Larry Emdur:
100s of kids at risk  by drivers failing to slow down in school zones, 70% of drivers breaking the 40 kmph Limit. So what the solution, Ian where you sup prised by these stats their breathtaking.

Ian Faulks (Safety Expert):
Its not suprising.  Habbits are hard to break it not as simple as saying this is  a rule and you have to comply with it.

Larry Emdur:
If caught speeding drivers are fined hundreds of dollars and l get two demerit points  jon are these penalties tough enough

Jon Dee (Campaigner @ Do Something)
At  Do Something we don't  think they are tough enough
In NSW in 2010 44  kids where injured in school zones
we think there needs to be better signage and more mobile speed cameras

KYLIE GILLIES:
Ian what do you think about more speed cameras

Ian Faulks:
I support the use for fixed and mobile cameras, but they are only catching people when they are speeding. My message is we want everybody to be under 40kmph,  that means prevention. we should be looking at  providing more information to the driver in the vehicle  through such application as SpeedAlert Live which is free app you can use on your smart phone when you are driving

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RACQ Proposal To Make doctors report older unfit drivers

Doctors must report any patient assessed as unfit to drive to a state government register under a legislative change proposed by the state’s peak motoring body as part of a licensing review.

While the contentious proposal made by RACQ to the committee established to lead the review failed to find majority support, a feasibility study was recommended to Transport Minister Scott Emerson in a report released yesterday.

Other recommendations included in the The Older Driver Safety Advisory Committee paper, which addresses laws relating to drivers aged 75 and over, included adjusting speed limits, introducing moderated licences and obligatory annual medical testing.Read more...

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Australian Road Safety Awards Finalist

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70 percent of drivers speeding in schoolzone

Parents and Citizens' Associations NSW spokeswoman Rachael Sowden said she was shocked by the figures but added that many drivers speed unintentionally when entering and leaving school zones.

''Drivers need to be educated about rules but they also need to be given fair warning that they're about to enter a school zone,'' she said. ''Often drivers are already in the school zone by the time they realise they have to slow down.''

Transport for NSW data shows there were 44 children injured by cars in school zones in  2010. 

Chief Inspector Mark Cook, Operations Manager of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, said pedestrians are particularly vulnerable to speeding drivers. ''A pedestrian who is hit by a car travelling at 40 km/h has a 75 per cent chance of surviving. At 60 km/h the chances of survival are 15 per cent.''

NSW has approximately 37 fixed speed cameras in school zones, which the Pedestrian Council of Australia's Harold Scruby believes is inadequate.

"At the moment there is virtually no chance of being booked in a school zone except if there is a fixed camera - and they are in only 1 per cent of school zones,'' he said.

Jon Dee of pressure group Do Something! is in talks with the NRMA to develop a free phone app to alert motorists when they enter a school zone.


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Your smartphone could soon make you a safer driver.

By mounting the smartphone on the windscreen of the car, the CarSafe app uses the forward-facing camera to monitor drowsiness and distraction signals from the driver, including the way their head is positioned, how often they’re blinking and their eye movement by using an algorithm to spot micro-sleeps and fatigue.

If a problem is detected, a coffee cup icon and audible warning will pop-up on the phone’s screen,According to the developers, the Android phone app also uses the rear-facing camera to keep an electronic eye on the exterior of the car, and can warn the driver of potential lane-change problems, risky drivers, dangerous road conditions, and even advise the driver if they’re too close to the car in front. If this happens, a red light will flash on the phone’s screen with a beep to advise the driver.

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WA Camera blitz slows drivers

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan believes a big rise in the number of cars monitored by speed cameras is changing driver behaviour, with new figures showing a significant fall in the percentage of motorists caught speeding.

"I can tell you where I see it most - the red light speed cameras," Mr O'Callaghan said.

"The community quickly work out where they are, and if you follow them around to these intersections, you can see them baulking and slowing down as they approach these intersections because they know the cameras are there. There is no doubt it is changing driver behaviour because they know how effective these cameras are.

"I think the Vitronic, fixed and red light speed cameras have had an enormous impact, as have the static cameras on the freeway."

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