The cash strapped NSW Government is investigating the use of digital speed cameras that will monitor drivers’ average speed on roads from the start of a trip to the end of a trip.Currently being tested in the UK the camera are expected to be big revenue earners.The cash strapped NSW Government is investigating the use of digital speed cameras that will monitor drivers’ average speed on roads from the start of a trip to the end of a trip.
The new camera’s which are capable of recognising number plates will be linked and will be used on main roads and exit roads to record vehicles average speed over a trip. Exceed the speed limit and you will be nicked.
Developed in Europe the speed cameras are currently being tested on UK roads with experts claiming that it will be impossible to evade detection because the digital cameras send information to a central penalty processing centre.
The Times newspaper in the UK claim that Police trials of the new cameras have concluded successfully in London and a second set of trials will finish this week in Northern Ireland.
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Road Safety Minister, in the UK told the Times that the new cameras would bring significant safety benefits as well as reduce congestion by making traffic flow more smoothly. I think there will be great interest among the safety-camera partnerships. They will give a more sophisticated edge to cameras than the blunt instrument we have at the moment.”
The new cameras, known as Specs3, are expensive and are more likely to be installed on highways between Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. In the UK several local authorities are also planning to use Specs3 to enforce local speed limits for example between Palm Beach and the City.
The UK tests have revealed that where the cameras have been deployed compliance rose sharply despite there being no fines issued.
