Covert Speed Cameras

[astrotristan]

sup guys

i know some clown (or maybe many) will probs try to flame me saying shit like "just dont speed dickhole" "buy a skyline" etc etc, but anyways, here is a heads up about speed cameras over Easter, and maybe beyond which i just found

so drive safe

Covert speed cameras will be deployed on Queensland roads for the first time from Thursday, coinciding with the traditional Easter holiday break.

Descriptions of the three unmarked vehicles containing the hidden cameras are such closely guarded secrets that not even the Police Minister knows what they look like.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/feature...6-1225847175642

cheers guys happy easter

[Isola]

my usual reply:

how long till there's a "this car is one of the unmarked radar cars" thread? haha I give till 25th of April.

[MSTRshenanigans]

In all likelihood they will not know until the letter arrives in the mail. Not that I condone speeding I just don't believe that this is the way to fix the problem. They claim it all for the road toll but if you actually look at the % for fatalities on QLD roads its quite... sobering =P

[Smity42]

just dont speed dickhole

buy a skyline

[Nismo_Boy]

In other news, radar detector sales sky rocket

[ZENNON]

Only 3? I'm surprised its not 3,000.

Edit - They must mean three TYPES of unmarked vehicles...

[ZENNON]

In the article they said ONE of these are..

My money of on the paj

[chrisR34GTT]

Love the last guys comments on the article... "She'll be coming round the mountain.." hahaha

I believe it could be the Mazda Bravo

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

its the one in the tree

[ZENNON]

Two unmarked police motorcycles will also join the war on speed, with officers dressed as normal riders to catch unsuspecting motorists.

From what I've heard there are two white Gen 2 Hayabusa's in Bris..

they have very small police markings on windscreen & rear hump

[Beelzebub89]

got to be the excel. I know I won't be getting done for speeding this easter

[N-DAWG]

*rolls eyes* Definitely not the way to solve speeding problems. Hidden mobile vans etc.. don't make people slow down unless they see them. Yes they shouldn't be speeding, but a mobile radar that is "out of site" isn't going to prevent people speeding and "apparently" reduce accidents.. it's simply a cost effective way of raising revenue whilst having little-to-no effect on the rate of speed related accidents.

There are some roads that are very easy to speed through, some of which can be a bit dangerous to speed on because of the level of intersections on the road. Put up a fixed speed camera and people won't speed through there! oh but then they won't make money....

It wouldn't piss me off so much if they approached this problem better.. but hey it's a bit hard to fix the problem when the problem is making them money. At least put the money back into the roads like they apparently do... i've been driving over the same pot-hole since moving to QLD nearly 3 years ago!

If they really wanted to improve driver behaviour (and by this I don't simply mean speeding), then a greater police presence on the roads is what they need. I'm sure most people when they see a Police car on the road, they pull their ass into line and do the right thing! Undercover police cars are much the same thing as hidden radars in my opinion...they simply catch people of guard, whereas a known police presence ensures that people behave on the roads. Once again though, having a greater police presence on the roads costs money and doesn't make as much revenue as a van parked many meters from the road, much like the one I saw yesterday.

The only issue with that too though is that drivers tend to overreact when they drive into a Police lineup with cameras. You can almost always tell when there's one up ahead as traffic almost comes to a halt!

Of course for drivers of modified imports, a greater presence isn't a good thing either, as lets face it, majority of the time you get stereo-typed and unfairly targeted. Double edged sword I guess.

I think the Australia Government needs to take a page out of other countries to see how they handle these issues. Take a look at Germany for example... this article here pretty much sums up my argument: http://www.caradvice.com.au/60110/fast-is-safe-in-germany/

[Slow S13]

^^ I totally agree, Well said!

And Tristan..BUY A SKYLINE..lol

[ZENNON]

I believe it could be the Mazda Bravo

Which Hilux is the covert Mazda Bravo

[sneakey pete]

I wouldn't be annoyed if they just flat out said it was revenue raising, instead of just doing this and pretending it alone is going to actually have some effect on the road toll.

[R33 Eddy]

In the article they said ONE of these are..

My money of on the paj

None of them have a speed camera in it...

HIDDEN: Any one of these parked cars could hide a speed camera. Source: The Courier-Mail

[R33 Eddy]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensl...f-1225816076099

[666DAN]

My guess is that there aren't really any unmarked cameras, just a ploy to make people slow down over the break.

[Smity42]

My guess is that there aren't really any unmarked cameras, just a ploy to make people slow down over the break.

This can't be true: That wouldn't make any revenue at all!

[ZENNON]

This can't be true: That wouldn't make any revenue at all!

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