Clarification On Was Red Light Fixed Cameras

[Mr Eps]

Hey all

Just a thread to discuss WAs new red light fixed camera system.

Don't start an arguement about whether or not they're revenue raisers etc, because that's obvious. However, fact is.. We've got them and they're only going to increase.

Can someone please tell me how these cameras work???

I was of the knowledge that, once the light goes amber, the camera arms... And captures any speeding driver,

Is that correct?

Because i swear I saw a guy get flashed on a green light today...

I also find that these cameras are only at intersections that are roads governed by MainRoadsWA

So yeah...

Aside from saying "don't speed" do any of you have any insight and or advice for fellow readers to take on board??

I got done for 10 kmh over on Reid hwy the other week.

Which is weird because I NEVER speed anymore. I drive like grandma!!! Haha

But yeah, let's discuss! Constructive posts only however...

[Hanaldo]

They are definitely armed all the time. Mate got caught going 35km over the limit through the one on Kalamunda Rd, it was green at the time.

[94GTRR32]

I dont know much about them, but yes I have heard that It will flash no matter what colour the light is. My bro got done like this, the light was green. He got a standard speeding ticket. 10k over i think.

[94GTRR32]

They are definitely armed all the time. Mate got caught going 35km over the limit through the one on Kalamunda Rd, it was green at the time.

Ouch!

[lunjiaow]

Isnt that traffic light at kalamunda rd 80kph?

[PIG_31]

Also confirming they are always activated for speeding;

I have been done personally about a year ago for 11ks over and the light was green in the photo I was sent.

They also catch you for turning right on a red when straight ahead is green, have seen the riverside drive camera snapping people for turning after its red

*edit* and to add, possibly can get you for going straight ahead in a right turn only lane - think I heard a mate telling me he got done for this, can anyone confirm that one?

Edited December 1, 2011 by PIG_31

[LANDSCRIBBLE]

Does anyone know if it flashes you as soon as it goes red? ie, going through an orange at the speed limit, then turns red while your passing through the intersection?

[t_revz]

They are definitely armed all the time. Mate got caught going 35km over the limit through the one on Kalamunda Rd, it was green at the time.

black car? 3 months ago or so?

was turning off at kalamunda and a black car, i think ute from memory went flying past me and got done...

[JonnoHR31]

*edit* and to add, possibly can get you for going straight ahead in a right turn only lane - think I heard a mate telling me he got done for this, can anyone confirm that one?

yes they flash if you go straight from a turning lane in the direction the camera is targeted, although im not sure if you can get out of it or not.

Does anyone know if it flashes you as soon as it goes red? ie, going through an orange at the speed limit, then turns red while your passing through the intersection?

to be done for running a red light the light must be red before you cross the solid white line heading into the intersection, if your half way through when they go red your fine.

also the limit they set them to seams to be 7km/h over, anything less and you wont get done.

sort of related, with the new poliscan mobile cameras they only take 1km/h off the recorded speed for your alledged speed now, as compared to 2km/h for multinovas.

[LANDSCRIBBLE]

yes they flash if you go straight from a turning lane in the direction the camera is targeted, although im not sure if you can get out of it or not.

to be done for running a red light the light must be red before you cross the solid white line heading into the intersection, if your half way through when they go red your fine.

also the limit they set them to seams to be 7km/h over, anything less and you wont get done.

sort of related, with the new poliscan mobile cameras they only take 1km/h off the recorded speed for your alledged speed now, as compared to 2km/h for multinovas.

thanks

[dirtyRS4]

Hey all

Just a thread to discuss WAs new red light fixed camera system.

Don't start an arguement about whether or not they're revenue raisers etc, because that's obvious. However, fact is.. We've got them and they're only going to increase.

Can someone please tell me how these cameras work???

I was of the knowledge that, once the light goes amber, the camera arms... And captures any speeding driver,

Is that correct?

Because i swear I saw a guy get flashed on a green light today...

I also find that these cameras are only at intersections that are roads governed by MainRoadsWA

So yeah...

Aside from saying "don't speed" do any of you have any insight and or advice for fellow readers to take on board??

I got done for 10 kmh over on Reid hwy the other week.

Which is weird because I NEVER speed anymore. I drive like grandma!!! Haha

But yeah, let's discuss! Constructive posts only however...

TL;DR

[Paulie C]

There speed camera's as well as red light camera's so just do the limit when going through one, my mum got done for speeding through a red light a year ago.

[Hanaldo]

Isnt that traffic light at kalamunda rd 80kph?

Yep. It goes to 80 down from 110, he was late for work so didn't slow down. Must have been going a little bit over 110 as well. The fine cost him his PFC

black car? 3 months ago or so?

was turning off at kalamunda and a black car, i think ute from memory went flying past me and got done...

Nah, silver R31. I'm sure there's many cars that go flying through there though

[PIG_31]

actually I just remembered a rumour about a mate of a mates cousins girlfriend etc getting done for passenger not wearing a seatbelt as well with one of these (with the ones that face forward).

(the rumour was a red light / speeding / seatbelt all in one)

anyone confirm that photos are checked for that?

[dan_the_man]

How do they measure your speed?

[thychiz]

Just to expand on this question a bit, can somebody clarify something for me. Driving around perth you'll notice 3 different types of cameras, The larger ones in a yellow box, the smaller ones in a white box, and the circle ball ones often mounted at lights and down the freeway, which of these are the cameras that capture speed? I'm under the impression it's only the yellow ones, But I always shit myself every time I see the circle ones lol.

[syfon]

The fixed red light/speed cameras are always armed. If you travel through an intersection above the speed limit you will be flashed like a normal camera, if you go through a red light and/or speed, you will get a fine for one or both.

[JonnoHR31]

actually I just remembered a rumour about a mate of a mates cousins girlfriend etc getting done for passenger not wearing a seatbelt as well with one of these (with the ones that face forward).

(the rumour was a red light / speeding / seatbelt all in one)

anyone confirm that photos are checked for that?

extremely unlikely. most, if not all speed camera fines are now processed entirely by computer, the only human involvement is putting them in an envelope and posting them.

How do they measure your speed?

laser i think

[ossie_21]

From memory they record video something like 8 seconds before and after the light goes red

They are speed & red light cameras, so will flash at any time the light is red or if people are speeding as they go through

[R33_NICK]

They are armed all the time red or green so that people dont speed through intersections, always see people getting flashed speeding through even though the light is still green. Apparently, speed is detected using in-road sensors placed at a fixed distance apart and it measure the time it takes a vehicle to travel between each sensor. If the sensors record that a vehicle's speed is greater than the posted speed limit, a photograph and video of the vehicle is taken. funny i read that they are LIDAR lasers.

a little off-topic but also kinda related, those new vitronic poliscans laser cameras are the ones to watch out for. one of our guys at work got done speeding even though he was close to 100m away from the camera and didnt see the camera until he was close to it as it was well camouflaged with the green body and it didnt flash which made him think he got away with it until he got a mail. see them in the back of Nissan X-Trails and VW Transporter vans as well. seems like by the time you see it its too late, same goes for some radar detectors not able to pick them from far.

Edited December 2, 2011 by R33_NICK