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BMW330
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: Speed cameras in Oz |
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Figures just released for some newly installed speed cameras in Sydney, Australia:
Camera 37230 in Bankstown, Sydney - 20716 fines issued
Camera 39576 in Beverly Hills, Sydney - 19964 fines issued
Camera 38305 in Beverly Hills, Sydney - 21465 fines issued
The above numbers are for Sep 2007 to Feb 2008 (6 months). Those cameras were logged in this db in the week they started business... |
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M8TJT
The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006
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Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Speed cameras in Oz |
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| BMW330 wrote: | Figures just released for some newly installed speed cameras in Sydney, Australia:
Camera 37230 in Bankstown, Sydney - 20716 fines issued
Camera 39576 in Beverly Hills, Sydney - 19964 fines issued
Camera 38305 in Beverly Hills, Sydney - 21465 fines issued
The above numbers are for Sep 2007 to Feb 2008 (6 months). Those cameras were logged in this db in the week they started business... |
There's an awful lot of people who know where they are now then!  |
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MaFt
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Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: |
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wow! that's a lot of fines!!
in fact, on average, more than 100 a day every day for 6 months!
MaFt |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Humble apologies. When I spotted this last night I was far into a long session of catching up with posts since last visit, so it was very late and I was not inclined to prolong my candle burning.
So, belated congratulations for getting them in the DB so fast in the first place. Good bit of publicity might be to let the local press and TV know that you had them and if everybody had signed up to pgpsw, there might well have been a darned sight fewer poor people?
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BMW330
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Joined: May 20, 2006
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | wow! that's a lot of fines!!
in fact, on average, more than 100 a day every day for 6 months!
MaFt |
These variable-speed limit cameras operate almost exclusively during "school hours" (i.e. 8am-9:30am; 2:30pm-4pm), so the fines times are highly skewed.
They are VERY, VERY nasty - especially if you don't usually travel a given route during those times, and then one day you do. Also, you'll find them on 3-lane roads, where you'd expect to be able to travel a little faster than 40km/h. Lastly, if you get caught doing 60 in a 40 zone, it's a big deal as you're more than 15km/h over the speed limit.
Haven't been nailed yet, but even the bloke at the RTA (Road & Traffic Authority) says it's just a matter of time... |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| BMW330 wrote: | | Haven't been nailed yet, but even the bloke at the RTA (Road & Traffic Authority) says it's just a matter of time... |
NO CHANCE - Remember, you've got the pgpsw database installed on your device. Gives you one up on the horrid things! 
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