Speeding motorists to get photos
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:52 pm
Speeding motorists to get photos
September 08, 2006 12:25pm
MOTORISTS will be sent speed and red light camera images of their cars with their fines under a trial beginning in Victoria next week.
On Monday police would begin issuing the first of 2000 fines with an image of the speeding or red light offence and a close-up image of the car's registration plate, Police Minister Tim Holding said today.
I added this, so rego plate but not the driver, so you can still sign your points to someone else.
The trial is expected to last a week.
The initiative, if adopted permanently, would build public confidence in the speed camera system and would lead to less appeals against fines, Mr Holding said.
"We believe that the more information we provide to members of the public about the offences that they have committed ... the more likely we are to build public confidence in the system and reinforce that message that motorists can't afford to run red lights, they can't afford to speed on our roads, they must slow down and drive responsibly if we are to continue to reduce road accidents and road trauma," he said.
A series of blunders by speed camera operators employed by contractor Tenix, and the malfunction of some fixed speed cameras along Melbourne's Western Ring Road, have dented public confidence in speed cameras in recent years.
"We think we will be able to use this information, provided directly to motorists at the time they receive their infringement, to build public confidence in the offences that are actually committed," Mr Holding said.
"We look forward to evaluating the results of the trial and seeing whether this could become a permanent feature of the information we provide ... to motorists caught speeding or running red lights."
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20 ... 02,00.html
September 08, 2006 12:25pm
MOTORISTS will be sent speed and red light camera images of their cars with their fines under a trial beginning in Victoria next week.
On Monday police would begin issuing the first of 2000 fines with an image of the speeding or red light offence and a close-up image of the car's registration plate, Police Minister Tim Holding said today.
I added this, so rego plate but not the driver, so you can still sign your points to someone else.
The trial is expected to last a week.
The initiative, if adopted permanently, would build public confidence in the speed camera system and would lead to less appeals against fines, Mr Holding said.
"We believe that the more information we provide to members of the public about the offences that they have committed ... the more likely we are to build public confidence in the system and reinforce that message that motorists can't afford to run red lights, they can't afford to speed on our roads, they must slow down and drive responsibly if we are to continue to reduce road accidents and road trauma," he said.
A series of blunders by speed camera operators employed by contractor Tenix, and the malfunction of some fixed speed cameras along Melbourne's Western Ring Road, have dented public confidence in speed cameras in recent years.
"We think we will be able to use this information, provided directly to motorists at the time they receive their infringement, to build public confidence in the offences that are actually committed," Mr Holding said.
"We look forward to evaluating the results of the trial and seeing whether this could become a permanent feature of the information we provide ... to motorists caught speeding or running red lights."
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20 ... 02,00.html
Even if i am speeding i will still contest camera offences just to keep the barstards on there toes 
