Multiple Speed Camera Fines

[Birnie]

Hey guys,

I got a speeding fine yesterday in the mail on a camera which i think i know it's location.

Bugger, only low as in 70 in a 60kms, 3 points $79..blah blah blah

Today i got 2 more on the same camera !

Different day than the first but both on the same day, one to work, and one on the way back.

70 and 72 in a 60kms zone,

Question is, is that allowed (probably)

If i'd got pulled over and booked the 1st time, you think you'd learn a lesson, but not 3 hits 3 weeks after

Had a look around but can't fine any similar occurances.

Maybe tomorrow I've lost my liscence with another 2 fines when i check the mail ??? :(

Thanks..

Birnie

[dan_the_man]

lol u broke the law 3 times... there is no rules to get outta that once ur caught.

[mesmerized]

i think there used to be 2 speed cameras on the spit bridge in mosman, sydney, right next to each other, and they took 1 away because people were getting booked twice for the same offence. but if it's at different times of the day, i don't like your chances of appeal

[Birnie]

i don't like my chances either, just thought i'd ask.

Thing is, i've been commuting on that stretch for over 3 years and never been booked there.

Now i change jobs, now commuting down Castle Hill way and 1 week before my last day.bang bang F*&^*&^ing bang !

Hopefully that's the last one.

I got down over the years up to 11 points..

Behaved really well back down to Zero.

Now, about 3 months after hitting Zero, i'm back on 9 !!!

Freeeegan el !

[shaolin]

I know how you feel man... I think they send those fines out too late...

[Birnie]

and i guess the angle i'm trying to come from is....

They could book you on camera over a year and you wouln't know, then 12 months later send em all in the mail and say, oh by the way, you've lost your licence cause you've racked up 45 points.

But if you were booked by a real cop and fined on the day, you might take it a bit easy after that.

Maybe a stupid arguement but anyway

[mesmerized]

that's pretty bad luck mate, if it was a fixed camera didn't you see any signs??

[Birnie]

i really don't know?

I guess i must zone out a bit when commuting

Also think, i'd resigned and was waiting out the 4 weeks to get the hell outta there and start the new job.

So my mind was elsewhere for a good month or more.

So i am seriously worried i'll get more

[cliff25gtst]

hey mate trust me i know how you feel hey. i got done by the same speed camera 3 times in 15 minutes, yep didnt get the fines until a month late, all fines were 130 bucks. i was so pissed,

got dont in a 50 zone doing, 55, 55 and 54

[mesmerized]

54 in a 50 zone, that's harsh

i was told by a friend/copper a while ago that fixed camers only pin you if you're doing 10% or greater than the posted speed limit

[Birnie]

I would take an angle grinder to the camera that did that to me !

But seriously, that sucks big time and for such small amounts !

[B0oStEr]

There's a speed camera near where I live that has become a bit of a media issue.

A heap of people have had multiple bookings and since it hit the media dozens of people have come forward claiming the camera is inaccurate.

Some of them are very credible like a woman who hasn't ever had a ticket in 30 years gets booked six times in two weeks.

The RTA has sent a team of experts to examine the camera and claim it's ok but the issues not over with people calling for further investigation and talk of a class action lawsuit.

[cliff25gtst]

yeh i wasnt very hapy when i copped them fiines, was fairly pissed off, they were the last fines that i got. that was bout 3 years ago. all in 15 mins to, left me g/f went back there to get somethin then left again. and yep got all the fines a month from the time it hapened

[MBS206]

  B0oStEr said:

There's a speed camera near where I live that has become a bit of a media issue.

A heap of people have had multiple bookings and since it hit the media dozens of people have come forward claiming the camera is inaccurate.

Some of them are very credible like a woman who hasn't ever had a ticket in 30 years gets booked six times in two weeks.

The RTA has sent a team of experts to examine the camera and claim it's ok but the issues not over with people calling for further investigation and talk of a class action lawsuit.

Do you live in Wollongong?

If you're talking about the camera in Fairy Meadow, it's accurate

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

so you, then your mum, then your dad all sped past the same camera in your car.... weird

[Birnie]

  joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo said:

so you, then your mum, then your dad all sped past the same camera in your car.... weird

HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

That's awesome

The first one was my dog by the way, not me.

The litter fooker hot wired it

[MANWHORE]

Birnie, that absolutely sucks man. Where abouts in castle hill is it? is it near the koala park thingy?

I know that there are a couple cameras in castle hill. I don't go there often though so I can't pin point exactly where they are.

Believe me mate, i'm on your side. Totally get what you're saying about if a cop pulled you over. 70 is hardly speeding - even down a hill it could roll up to 70. I mean if you said you were doing 100, then that's intentional, but 70 is hardly intentional.

Was it a fixed camera? shoulda been 3+ signs before it. Or was it a porta-revenue-raiser?

Were you actually doing about 70? e.g. could the camera be wrong?

[scathing]

  B0oStEr said:

Some of them are very credible like a woman who hasn't ever had a ticket in 30 years gets booked six times in two weeks.

Well if she's managed to not get a ticket in 30 years then, statistically, she's due.

[delljit]

i got done 3 times in 45 minutes because i mistook the speed limit for 60 when it was really 50. 3 times in 45 minutes, hows that.

First was my fault, i really was doing close to 70, but after that i adjusted to what i thought was the speed limit and got nabbed with another 2 fines. Fortunately, it was my first offenses an it was quite clear that i did adjust my speed; so they dropped the last one. Ended up being 4 demerit points rather than 5.

Just thinking to myself, i know for sure if i was stopped by a cop car and fined for doing 70 and told what the actual speed limit was, the other 2 would not have occurred. The area wasnt even built up; it is clearly a potential spot to allow for 60km/h. Sign frequency and visibility is poor but now that cant even save youl theya re too cheap to put up 50 signs so they have this campaign saying if theres no sign its 50.

[Eug]

perfect proof that speed cameras (the system) don't work in reducing speeding on the streets; because their system isn't entirely bulletproof.

like you have pointed out the whole idea is about sending you a fine (which should hit home) about the speed limit in a certain area. you're not really aware until X amount of days later are you? a hypothetical accident could have occurred in the 2nd and 3rd speeding event, and you would still have been none the wiser about the "aware'ing" that the camera should have been doing.

i would look into getting the last two dropped, go see a solicitor and see what your options are.