Speed traps just catch speeders, they don’t reduce the incidents of speeding.
People have slowed down because of the price of fuel
Who would have thought enforcing the law would lead to higher compliance? If enforcing law can work for this it can work for other areas where we are lacking enforcement.
So in 2015/2016 the average speed cameras weren’t there so I presume the figure they use are for single point. Which is in no way comparible, so this article is junk science?
Who the fuck can afford to speed with the price of fuel.
Nearly every day on the M1 when I go to and from work there’s at least 1 moron doing silly speeds.. Haven’t seen seen a speed camera in at least 2 months
The country is full of speed merchants, and still has some of the safest roads in Europe (if not the world). Kind of tells you all you need to know about the usefulness of this kind is speed enforcement.
Any bets this makes fuck all difference to the safety of the road if it’s ever reviewed.
Motorways are designed for something like 140.
So no, there would hardly be any difference in safety between 120 or 130. It’s not speed itself that kills. It’s where and when. Motorway is like one of the safest place to go over.
For me it’s the price of petrol, literally driving slower to try save some money
Cruise control is a godsend. Anecdotally, I always found myself focusing on my speed gauge when using the Port Tunnel where they’ve used a similar system for a long time. I believe its a hazard more than anything. I’d love to see a study done that shows whether this has any real impact on driving safety stats
Local mam follows speed limit.
In other news the sky is blue!
It’s great that one of the safest roads in the world (no recorded accidents or deaths at this location on the safest motorways in the world for road deaths) now has speed enforcement. Otherwise god knows what would happen.
As an Australian here for a few years wait until they start making bank on the fines, some bloody genius will get the idea to lower the camera tolerances to +- 2km/h and install a lot of sneaky cameras where you find out weeks later that you broke the limit.
Then…. then Anarchy will reign supreme, young lads will buy utes (pickups) instead of vans, spice boxes will be swapped for meat pies. They’ll start wearing sun cream at beaches and wearing sunglasses no mattter how overcast it is. Then, then…. They will be pulled over by a V8 highway pursuit Holden commodore. Capable of going from icebreak (a coffee drink) to justice in 60 seconds by commanding 800 horsepower of tyre sheredding performance granted by the powers that be. This cop (ROAD WARRIOR) will then swagger over with the seriousness of just witnessing you plowing through a local park and targeting mother ducks and her ducklings in a horrific case of Duckacide. It will start as it usually starts…. “Do you know why I pulled you over”…… and you will feign ignorance……” why no officer, I have no idea…..” He we retort, “ well I clocked you going “ 102km/h…… in a 100km/h zone. That’s it, your life is over, licence revoked, train ticket bought and your car under a tarp in the street.
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I mean….obviously?
Speed traps just catch speeders, they don’t reduce the incidents of speeding.
People have slowed down because of the price of fuel
Who would have thought enforcing the law would lead to higher compliance? If enforcing law can work for this it can work for other areas where we are lacking enforcement.
So in 2015/2016 the average speed cameras weren’t there so I presume the figure they use are for single point. Which is in no way comparible, so this article is junk science?
Who the fuck can afford to speed with the price of fuel.
Nearly every day on the M1 when I go to and from work there’s at least 1 moron doing silly speeds.. Haven’t seen seen a speed camera in at least 2 months
The country is full of speed merchants, and still has some of the safest roads in Europe (if not the world). Kind of tells you all you need to know about the usefulness of this kind is speed enforcement.
Any bets this makes fuck all difference to the safety of the road if it’s ever reviewed.
Motorways are designed for something like 140.
So no, there would hardly be any difference in safety between 120 or 130. It’s not speed itself that kills. It’s where and when. Motorway is like one of the safest place to go over.
For me it’s the price of petrol, literally driving slower to try save some money
Cruise control is a godsend. Anecdotally, I always found myself focusing on my speed gauge when using the Port Tunnel where they’ve used a similar system for a long time. I believe its a hazard more than anything. I’d love to see a study done that shows whether this has any real impact on driving safety stats
Local mam follows speed limit.
In other news the sky is blue!
It’s great that one of the safest roads in the world (no recorded accidents or deaths at this location on the safest motorways in the world for road deaths) now has speed enforcement. Otherwise god knows what would happen.
As an Australian here for a few years wait until they start making bank on the fines, some bloody genius will get the idea to lower the camera tolerances to +- 2km/h and install a lot of sneaky cameras where you find out weeks later that you broke the limit.
Then…. then Anarchy will reign supreme, young lads will buy utes (pickups) instead of vans, spice boxes will be swapped for meat pies. They’ll start wearing sun cream at beaches and wearing sunglasses no mattter how overcast it is. Then, then…. They will be pulled over by a V8 highway pursuit Holden commodore. Capable of going from icebreak (a coffee drink) to justice in 60 seconds by commanding 800 horsepower of tyre sheredding performance granted by the powers that be. This cop (ROAD WARRIOR) will then swagger over with the seriousness of just witnessing you plowing through a local park and targeting mother ducks and her ducklings in a horrific case of Duckacide. It will start as it usually starts…. “Do you know why I pulled you over”…… and you will feign ignorance……” why no officer, I have no idea…..” He we retort, “ well I clocked you going “ 102km/h…… in a 100km/h zone. That’s it, your life is over, licence revoked, train ticket bought and your car under a tarp in the street.
It’s not a case of if….but when….