Red Light Cameras

[SAM916]

u serious? do u drive blind? on all red light camera's it says 'red light and speed camera' on a big sign!!!???!!!

not up here, they still sign them all, but the ones i've seen are all just "red light camera ahead", i've heard they're putting speed ones in now aswell tho so been looking out for them...

[pkblade]

not up here, they still sign them all, but the ones i've seen are all just "red light camera ahead", i've heard they're putting speed ones in now aswell tho so been looking out for them...

Not too sure about the North Shore (maybe the Pacific Highway) but, west & south of Sydney has fixed speed cameras everywhere that's prob why there wasn't a need for them. We don't have as many in SA, however, there's more of a police presence here.

[Sinful]

I wasn't aware that red light camera's could book you for speed. My understanding was that they are specifically calibrated for detecting red light runners, and speed camera's specifically for speed. With all the legalities and controversy over camera's not being correctly set up or working properly etc. I don't know if they would risk getting one camera to do both. It may also be different from state to state.

Yeah you can

When I visited Adelaide the last time I forgot that there was a red light/speed camera on a corner. Im so use to having the 3 signs telling you that there is one coming up ahead (lol sydney is great for it!!)

So I got a fine for doing 71 in a 60 zone its my first fine in like 5 years

u serious? do u drive blind? on all red light camera's it says 'red light and speed camera' on a big sign!!!???!!!

He is not from Adelaide he lives in Sydney like me :sorcerer:

Not too sure about the North Shore (maybe the Pacific Highway) but, west & south of Sydney has fixed speed cameras everywhere that's prob why there wasn't a need for them. We don't have as many in SA, however, there's more of a police presence here.

Yeah there is a few but not many I have to go thru one everyday on my way thru the back streets to st Ives to work

Yeah thats true cops are huge in Adelaide they are everwhere

[Pauly33GTS-t]

Main point is... Yes, green light or red light, the red light cameras that are labelled "RED LIGHT AND SPEED CAMERA AHEAD" before you enter the intersection will ping you for speeding through a green light. If you sit at the corner of north terrace and frome street on a friday afternoon or saturday night you will see that it flashes while green, several times.

[Matty 31]

deluxe............golden comment

surprisingly went thru an intersection last year with a mate of mine and he popped it into 3rd next to me and set off the radar...................never got a letter in the post

[BensDR30]

yah so do i..always slow down when going thru the lights

but this particular one was hidden amongst the tree branches, and it was at night...on West Tce, opposite Heaven/Hindley St

look out for it..see if you could spot it next time u drive pass

A few months back the branches that were hanging in front of both the detector & camera were causing that unit to go off whenever it felt like it. I've seen that camera flash a completely empty interection on occassion!

And, yes there was a big political scandal regarding the reliability of the units. But I do believe that at great expense to the taxpayer, they've all been fixed and are working 'as designed'.

Moral of the story - watch your speed & when it's red - stop!

(especially westbound on Grote street through West terrace - it's 50km/h there)

[mjones]

where ever you see like a square impression in the road with cable stuff pushed into it(hope that makes sence)thats the point that sets the camera off,so if its at a set of lights withs both speeding and red light cameras they use the same point in the road to set them off,i've installed a hell of alot of speed cameras up the pacfic highway and i promise everyone here thats how they work.and im not 100% sure but i've heard only 70% of the cameras in nsw have any film in them at one time,so if u speed pass one and ur having a good day you might get away with it

Edited March 17, 2007 by mjones