Shirt Farken Argh! Spot the Cameras

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:51 pm

Man thats rude, hope kiwi cops don't try and pull the same. Do they have to warn you in S.A. before approaching a speed camera?

AB · Post by AB » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:02 pm

StazzyBabyYeah, we used to have hidden cameras here but they've been declared illegal so now they only use them in the back of vans, I don't remember why they were made illegal but it'd be interesting to find out.
They can be picked up from miles away by radar detectors here, is it the same for you AUS guys?

fr335tyl3r · Post by **fr335tyl3r** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:25 pm

They probably can be detected with radar detectors, but they are illegal and the fine for having one is worse than getting caught speeding.

Its only required in NSW for speed/red light cameras to be signposted. I know that in VIC at least there are a number of red light and speed cameras that are not sign posted at all.

JD_Stazza_Brendan · Post by **JD_Stazza_Brendan** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:51 pm

I know in QLD where i live they have Landcruisers with cameras in them with a tiny sign placed 2 metres away from it facing the side of the road with SPEED CAMERA on it.

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:02 pm

fuck thats wrong!

who is going to slow down if they dont know its there???

or are they trying to send everyone broke so they cant drive at all?

Chris 83JA · Post by **Chris 83JA** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:05 pm

the trouble is that they are supposed to DETER people from speeding. If you don't know they are there, then you aren't deterred until sometimes 3-4 months time when you get the ticket in the mail.

Speed cameras should be put in danger spots, where speed related accidents do occur, and people should know they are there.

hcca · Post by **hcca** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:07 pm

Speed cameras should be put in danger spots, where speed related accidents do occur, and people should know they are there.

Really they should be outlawed completely as it's been shown time and time again that they do fuck all to reduce crashes. They don't even work as a deterrent because you receive the fine weeks after you committed the act.

Also, speed is rarely the actual cause of a crash, and is usually only a contributing factor to the severity of some crashes that were actually caused by some other reason - usually dumbass driving. Note that I say crashes, not accidents - there's a difference :)

Unless the police and the goverment start targetting the real causes of road trauma, they can have a camera on every street and it still won't make a difference - this has been evidenced in quite a few places (UK especially) which show that speed camera prevalence often actually increases the crash rate due to increased driver distraction (ie. looking for cameras rather than looking at the traffic).

End rant of the day :)

grothie1978 · Post by **grothie1978** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:19 pm

can i get an AMEN
WANTSOM, yeah give the story to someone and let them be farked over, they will investigate for sure

grothie1978 · Post by **grothie1978** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:25 pm

check this farkin shite out
http://www.roadwatch.com.au/gallery.asp

rallidave · Post by **rallidave** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:28 am

dont forget the 10% innacuracy rate too! :x

Glen GSR III · Post by **Glen GSR III** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:30 pm

duh, everyone knows its got sfa to do with saving lives, its a fucken cash cow. the more people speed, the more money they get, therefore, hide the cameras so every gets caught.

decoy · Post by **decoy** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:38 am

been talking to people, apparantly they got special permission to set the cameras up like that... Not sure what i can do about it atm, will keep looking into it.

Starion_Turbo · Post by **Starion_Turbo** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:57 am

This was on news other night, with those exact photos you posted up here deeks, were'd u find those pics to?

rallidave · Post by **rallidave** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:36 pm

Starion_Turbo wrote:This was on news other night, with those exact photos you posted up here deeks, were'd u find those pics to?

decoy is an undercover detective with the SA police dept.

decoy · Post by **decoy** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:29 pm

haha, if i was i wouldn't have been caught ;) Because you can't park anywhere near the cameras, some bloke with a massive zoom lens on his camera snapped the shots and posted them on a forum somewhere. THey've been circulating since tho

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