Most states in Australia do not give advanced warnings to drivers that they are approaching a speed camera. Buty NSW does at the moment but maybe not for long as David Brown reports
The NSW government is considering scraping speed camera warning signs.
This was a recommendation from a recent Auditor-General’s report.
But the report also was critical of major aspects of how the mobile camera program was being managed.
The key issue is that locations should be selected randomly so that the public believes they could be caught anywhere.
But while in 2012 it was announced that the program would be operating at about 2,500 locations. There are currently only around 940 that are approved and suitable.
Some sites are being used frequently. 60 locations were visited more than 500 times in the last five years, eight visited more than a thousand times and one visited nearly 1800 (1,768) times.
David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning.
What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive.
His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney.
David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto
Most states in Australia do not give advanced warnings to drivers that they are approaching a speed camera. Buty NSW does at the moment but maybe not for long as David Brown reports