Reading this thread has really made me chuckle... we have it so easy up here in QLD as far as speed cameras go,
personally laughed my ass off when I saw my first speed camera, a giant patrol with a snorkle and a police sign down the side!? C'mon... you can see them a mile off and always have time to slow down ( if you are going above the limit. )
You should try owning a fast car in SA. Down there speed cameras are everywhere, not only fitted to all red-light cameras now but mostly in unmarked standard commodores and magna's simply parked on the side of the road, they look just like any other personally owned ride and they are quite litterally everywhere.
However this is not the worst of it, just before I left SA ( a little over a year ago now ), they started setting up small transportable speed cameras mounted on tri-pods which were hidden in bushes along the side of roads, with usually an unmarked monitoring vehicle parked down a driveway or a side road keeping an eye on it, not only this but they also introduced 'bin cameras' which were in wheelie bins sitting on the footpaths, this idea didn't last too long on account of a few being burnt down and a couple being smashed to bits by very pissed off motorists.
As far as the guys with the guns go, doesn't matter where you are in Australia, you will always find these guys, and more often than not, they will be sitting just over a crest, around a corner or just out of sight on a long stretch of road, can't be avoided.
Anywayz, just my 2c, we have it easy up here.
-d3fo.