New Speed Camera Setup On Teh Western Ring Rd

[R-SPEC]

hurro,

my bother was saying something about how the cameras on the ring rd don't snap you for going over the speed limit but they calculate something between between 2 or so cameras that you drive past then they work out whether you were speeding? :)

does anyone know what i'm talking about or where i can get some info on this?

is this old news? lol

thanks

[Omurru]

isn't that the same as the ones on the geelong freeway.

good thing for me I only go under 1 set on the way two and from work :sorcerer:

[Do-Luck]

I think it's only the ones on the Hume HWY bypass that snap you over distance.

I'd imagine it would be too hard to do the same on the Ring Road, with the variable speed limit.

[Helio]

The way I herd that it works, is that both cameras record your vehicle. Software matches the vehicles up (REGO) and calculates the time it took to for you to travel from A to B and works out your speed. There will also be the normal Fixed speed cameras and road patrols.

[R-SPEC]

hmmmm

so you can do like 170Ks through the first camera and then do 20Ks through the next 1?

[R31Nismoid]

no, because it calculates how long it actually took you

[DogKnight]

I think it's only the ones on the Hume HWY bypass that snap you over distance.

I'd imagine it would be too hard to do the same on the Ring Road, with the variable speed limit.

Off topic. But do you work on prospect st in box hill. I thought I saw your car there today.

[Do-Luck]

:lol: Nah I don't, my car has been sitting at home for the past 3 weeks.

Went to start it tonight, battery is completely dead. I drive in a work van for a daily

[ToF]

Are these new cameras getting put on the Ring road? Or are you talking about something else?

[R-SPEC]

no, because it calculates how long it actually took you

ok, do 180Ks UNTIL right after you get to the first camera and then do the whole trip on 20Ks?

thats pretty stupid though

[R-SPEC]

Are these new cameras getting put on the Ring road? Or are you talking about something else?

yes on the ring rd. thats what i heard anyway...

[Do-Luck]

They replaced and installed new camera's on the W.R.R. IIRC there are 4 either direction. Hell, I could probably tell you the locations, I drive it every day.

[R-SPEC]

oh i see

btw Do-Luck i dunno why but i keep remembering seeing the car in your sig on lygon st a farkin long time ago lol.

memory burn

[R-PWR]

are u serious that there are speed cameras that measure the time it took between the two and book you on that!! Where exactly for a fact are these cameras.

[Do-Luck]

R-SPEC: Yeah, my missus lives just off Lygon St, so it may have been a possibility it was my car.

Ray: The cameras that detect your speed point-to-point are on the Hume HWY.

The Ring Road cameras are:

Greensborough Bound:

Boundary Road - Behind the Signs

Western HWY - Behind the Signs and on the Exit aswell

Keilor Park Dve - Behind the overpass

Pascoe Vale Rd - Just before you get into the tunnel

Altona Bound:

Widford Rd Bridge - Behind the overpass

Calder Park Overpass - Hidden up high between the two bridges

Western HWY - Just before the exit, hidden behind signs

Boundary Road - Behind the Signs

[R31Nismoid]

ok, do 180Ks UNTIL right after you get to the first camera and then do the whole trip on 20Ks?

thats pretty stupid though

Whats stupid?

Speeding or getting busted?

[R-SPEC]

^^ No, having to have to do 20Ks or less on a freeway just coz you felt like speeding for a sec beforehand

R-SPEC: Yeah, my missus lives just off Lygon St, so it may have been a possibility it was my car.

thought so.

Edited April 5, 2007 by R-SPEC

[gtiarr]

I played a part in the setting up of these the new western ring road speed cameras. I told my boss when he gave me the job if I had a religion this would be against it. They are the old fasion if you speed you get your photo taken type. There is even a second camera linked to the system that takes a pic of the variable speed sign at the same time it snaps the speeding vehicle.

[AutoTrust]

The Westy ring road has these cameras, saw them yesterday, also the temp signs saying 'Cameras are on, speed cameras reduce accidents' or something like that. Mind you i nearly side swiped a falcon wagon full of newborn babies reading it!

I had a thought ....... and Yes it hurt...... If you abide by the speed limit...... mabe ..just mabe.. you won't have to worry about getting booked?

That said .... i spend so much time looking at my speedo these days, that i rarely have a chance to see where i am driving.. so look out for all these responsible drivers doing the speed limit while running you into a concrete pylon.

[saff_cossie]

are u serious that there are speed cameras that measure the time it took between the two and book you on that!! Where exactly for a fact are these cameras.

There is nothing new about this style of camera, these have been operating on the M1 in the UK for several years around the midlands area. They run over 3 sets and the idea has most likely been deployed in other areas by now as I remember when they were trialled.