Re: Victorian Speed Traps ( was: 3801/30 to ararat )

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

If you install a CB radio and tune in to the truckies channel, you should
know the whereabouts of any unmarked cars and speed traps in the area.
Recommended for all train chasers,

Cheers
John Wayman

"Hoges" <pghogan@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Yuri wrote:
> <snip>>
> > 3. IIRC, recommended practices for speed camera locations exclude blind
> > curves and within 400m of a speed restriction sign;  most Mexicans can
> spot
> > the speed camera cars easily as they are sited to be easily sighted
> > ('caders tend to get caught more by unmarked cars);
>
> This is fine, but we're talking about after dark!  On a pitch black road,
> all we saw was a blinding flash. I am hoping that Rod's explanation (ie a
> local cop flashing his high beam as a warning) is correct.  This still
> doesn't excuse an unlit car parked off the road suddenly flashing you
> head -on in the darkness. If the aim was to keep us awake and avoid
fatigue
> (or to correct my speed), I'd actually prefer to see a flashing red and
blue
> light, and be pulled over and warned. At least then I'd be certain who
they
> were and what I was doing wrong.
>
>  I also believe that the tolerance at 100 and 110km/h is 7km/h.  At
100km/h,
> it'll take you 6
> > minutes to drive the extra 10 km you would have traveled at 110km/h.  If
> > "the master shot" is worth $105+ to you, that's a value-for-money
decision
> > you have to make;
> >
> No argument there -  since they reduced the limit on the winding section
of
> the F3 down to the Hawkesbury River bridge from 110 km/h to 90 km/h, the
> accident rate on this notorious section has dropped by over half. I've
timed
> the run north, and you only lose a few minutes with the speed reduction.
> I would still question why the open road speed limit on a similar stretch
of
> road (ie good condition, wide shoulders, straight) in Sth Australia and
some
> areas of NSW is 110, and 100 in Vic. If we're going to effectively police
> speed, at least let's be consistent.
>
> > 4.  This form of revenue contribution is entirely voluntary -- you are
not
> > obliged to participate in the revenue gathering process.
>
> Point taken, but what hurt was the fact that we were trying to drive
> sensibly (the "master shots" had all been taken, it was after dark,
> remember?)  - the cruise control was the right choice, but our allowance
for
> tolerance was misplaced!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>