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

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

It has been reported that they booked 23000 people in NSW for the Easter /Anzac
holidays. Now  say if one cop booked 40 people a day (say one every 12 min for a
8 hr shift), thats 115 cops out on the road, now I know why they take a day to
respond to a house break in.

Chris

John Wayman wrote:

> 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
> 2ggP4.1567$X4.3273@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:2ggP4.1567$X4.3273@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > 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
> >