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Safety – Amenity – Access – HealthMedia Release Tuesday 5 June 2007
Covert Speed Enforcement Scandal
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Shock-Jocks Continue to Ignore the Facts and Bleat About Revenue-Raising FoI Data Prove NSW Speed Camera System Must Become Covert |
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The Chairman of the Pedestrian Council of Australia, Harold Scruby, today implored the NSW Government and Roads Minister Eric Roozendaal to ignore the shock-jocks and implement a modern, digital, covert speed and red-light camera enforcement program throughout NSW. Mr Scruby said: “Please don’t listen to the shock-jocks. Look at the facts. Covert speed-camera and red-light camera enforcement saves lives. “This proposal is not revenue-raising … it’s life-saving. “Apart from the pain, grief and suffering, road trauma costs NSW approximately $6 billion dollars per annum. These costs must be covered before any revenue is raised. And who better to contribute towards these costs, than those motorists who flout the law. “Our Media Release and FoI (copy attached) of 4 January 2007, prove our case. “And independent studies verify the enormous life-saving value of covert speed-camera enforcement: “The Australian Transport Council’s National Road Safety Action Plan for 2007 & 2008 states: (QUOTE) ‘Improvements in speed management have generally been incremental since 2000, but in “In a comprehensive study published in June 2003 by the renowned Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), it was reported: (QUOTE) ‘Following the full implementation of the mobile speed camera program (including supporting mass media publicity), statistically significant reductions in low alcohol hour casualty crashes were found across arterial roads in Mr Scruby added: “There is a wide network of truck-drivers, taxis, couriers and radio stations who broadcast the location of overt mobile speed-camera operations within seconds of their establishment. Our FoI proved conclusively, that only the effectively covert Lidar operations were able to catch a significant number of high-range speedsters. This is an utter farce. Governments have just got to get a lot smarter and catch those criminals who believe that speed limits are for others, except of course, when they see a marked police vehicle or at speed-camera locations which have more warnings than a cigarette pack. The FoI results can be seen on our web-site at:
https://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=1969 Contact: Harold Scruby – (02) 9968-4555 or (0418) 110-011 |
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