[LINK] o/t red light now also speed cameras?

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:37 AM 12/05/2009, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>Don't know what all the fuss is about: red light cameras in Canberra
>have always been thus, and the local government is about to embark on
>a program of linking cameras to detect vehicles that have an average
>speed between two points greater than the posted limit. Rather like
>what they do in the UK (and elsewhere), and what they do for truckies
>on the Hume Highway.

2 points, as in 2kph over the limit? That's ridiculous. The tolerance 
on speedos is between 3 and 5kph. We had this debate in Victoria as 
well, so tickets get an automatic 3kph tolerance now, which is still 
way too close.

Jan



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