Drive for traffic revenue escalated by a broke ALP State Government
The second round of public surveillance will soon be deployed by Queensland Police in the South East of the State when point to point speed cameras are rolled out later this year.
The Labor State Government has called tenders for the Point to Point (P2P) Average Speed Camera System to be installed in the South East region.
All vehicles including trucks will be monitored for an average speed between points.
GPS monitoring will be used to define both geographic points to calculate the speed of the vehicle between the points.
Any speed detections will be sent in real time from the equipment to police and The Main Roads department computer data bank.
This is the first time such surveillance methods have been used in Queensland. The Labor Party has outdone the Liberals in transgressing the privacy of motorists who will have to dig much deeper into their pockets to fund the largesse of the Queensland ALP.
Cairns News received from a trucking industry source the locations where the P2P cameras will be installed.
Beenleigh to Gaven, approx. 30 klm installed on overpasses.
Gateway Motorway between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge
Toowoomba second range crossing. All eastbound and westbound marked traffic lanes, including hard shoulders along the primary corridor, will be monitored.
Cecil Plains to Gore Hwy
Between Warrego Highway east and New England Highway (east and west bound)
Camera located 33.3 km west of Warrego Highway (east)
Camera located 10.3km west of Warrego Highway interchange
Between Mort Street interchange and Warrego Highway west (east and west bound)
Camera located 18.6km west of Warrego Highway interchange
Camera located 10.3km west of Warrego Highway interchange
Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey’s spin
The Camera Detected Offence Program (CDOP) is a key road safety element of the Queensland Speed Management Strategy and the National and Queensland Road Safety Action Plans. CDOP is managed jointly by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The Traffic Camera Office (TCO) manages CDOP activities on behalf of the QPS.
Mr Bailey will be safe from the predatory cameras – he doesn’t drive a car.
The world’s first active speed cameras were introduced by the bankrupt and incompetent Kirner Labor Government in Victoria after waiting for the political cover of a wet weekend on the roads. I’ve never forgotten it.
When technology falls into the wrong hands……..
The experience of Victoria is that there are frequent calibration “issues” with these things, that, when publicly found, require a round of reimbursements. The errors are always in the favour of the State, never the motorist.
It does seem that this scheme is less about safety on the road and more about surveillance and revenue. A pity.
Why do our ruling classes (Labor/Liberal pollies) still bother with the pretence of road safety? It is a transit tax, but mostly an effective means of surveillance on people. To monitor and control, we will soon have the mass surveillance currently practiced in the UK.
I hate this sort of BS. It’s simply revenue raising to pay for bloated incompetence all under the guise of “safety”.
Unions do it too – “safety”. Safety, safety! Can’t argue with your own safety can you!
Like Sleep Apnea – hook you up to a machine over night, monitors breathing, heart-rate etc.
There will usually be an anomaly and then it’s “Look, you stopped breathing for two seconds. Your gonna die if you don’t buy our machines for thousands a pop!”
Safety, paah – it’s a weapon and a great big money cock spoofing out dosh.
Thanks Bob.Ed
Attached is a good document that may assist people with traffic fines.It is designed to bang up the process and cost “them” heaps of $. Best regs Gaz
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One theyve kept quiet is the Bowen to Home Hill will have P2P by end of 2018. Fyi as mentioned by the local plod.