Comments on: Safety cameras – Combining red-light and speed cameras

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:11:57 +0000

These cameras are just to make money, but do more for saftey on roads then just speed cameras and red light cameras separate, but cameras that i think which would make the roads safer:
1. intersection cameras for when the lights change for those few seconds if someone is in the middle blocking traffic then they need to be book as they cause road rage of the other direction.
2. average speed cameras, cameras that sit over all lanes on highways picking up all drivers speeds and if someone is doing less then 10km then everyone else they need to be book for underspeeding as people cause people to change lanes and create more road rage, then someone doing 5km over, but there is more fines for that

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:43:42 +0000

People in Australia are driving slow enough already and sydney is too big to drive by the speed limit. The roads need to be improved and there needs to be driver education like in europe. we need proper motorways where there are speeds of 130-140km/h. 90-100km/h isnt a motorway.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:49:17 +0000

Just one more reason to throw out this totally incompetent government at the next election, the sooner the better.

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:03:58 +0000

There is a difference between a hoon and a regular sensible driver that may have slipped over the limit a few km’s but is still driving safely, in control and aware of thier environment. The problem with cameras instead of police regulating safe driving is that the cameras are unable to distinguish this difference. Poor signage is what the real safety problem is here, especially for drivers that are driving in a new area. The cameras have absolutely nothing to do with safety and provide nothing more than a distraction and frustration to the community.

By: aileen

aileen — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:41:56 +0000

can you tell were the red light cam are in canberra

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:58:49 +0000

Peter above has a valid point. I have some friends who moved to England back in 1995. Just last week they came back to Sydney for a visit. Their comment was that it was almost impossible to tell what the speed limit was at any point. The type of road gave no clues as to what the limit may have been.

There was a time when in a built up area it was 60, outside it was 80 or 100. You really did not need the sign to know what the speed limit was. In my 18Km trip to the city there are 11 changes of speed limit. There used to be 3.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:28:14 +0000

Too many speed limits is the problem. It is too confusing for motorists and this is turning ordinary people into violators.

Get rid of these stupid 50, 70 and 90 zones and lets go back to 60,80, 100.

How about getting the speed limit up to 120 on these divided roads? There is bugger all danger but I don’t think politicians have the backbone to do this.

By: peter h

peter h — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:19:30 +0000

The number of idiots running red lights is astounding these days.
I say red light cameras on EVERY set of lights.Combo with speed cameras or not.
Then everyone will know where they are and if you run it, you’ll be booked.

By: Anh

Anh — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:32:37 +0000

In germany they have proven that they have lifted the national road speed average as well as having unlimited autobarns and there accident and death rates have gone down over the last 30 years.
Australia has still got it wrong.
They need to improve roads and road designs to stop people from dying the germans have proved it

By: Anh

Anh — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:29:44 +0000

I think they are only allowed to install thee camerias if there is a redlight countdown like overseas traffice lights.
I drive a landcruiser and tow a big boat about 3 tons so roughtly a 5.5 ton combination. What are our choices when we come up to these interesections.

All red light cameras should have a red light countdown