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From: Zebee Johnstone on 18 May 2010 17:07 In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 19 May 2010 05:22:14 +1000 bikerbetty <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > > It caught heaps of locals when it first went live - so many Canberra drivers > run on 'auto pilot' - they didn't even see the THREE preceding signs warning > them of its presence... THAT is what I find scary. I recall a figure of fixed and massively signposted cameras in NSW catching somethig like 1200 drivers a month. It's a tax on driver distraction I think. I admit I got caught by one I'd been riding past every work day for months. Thinking about something else, and not really noticing where I was. Riding on autopilot. Zebee
From: ross_w on 18 May 2010 18:17 On May 19, 7:07 am, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 19 May 2010 05:22:14 +1000 > > bikerbetty <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > > > It caught heaps of locals when it first went live - so many Canberra drivers > > run on 'auto pilot' - they didn't even see the THREE preceding signs warning > > them of its presence... THAT is what I find scary. > > I recall a figure of fixed and massively signposted cameras in NSW > catching somethig like 1200 drivers a month. > > It's a tax on driver distraction I think. I admit I got caught by one > I'd been riding past every work day for months. Thinking about > something else, and not really noticing where I was. Riding on > autopilot. > > Zebee The scary thing about riding in Canberra is the number of drivers there who do operate on autopilot. I used to spend holidays there when my parents lived in the ACT and most of my near SMIDSY moments (fortunately none connecting) were on Canberra T-Intersections where people seemed to think it was OK to sail out without looking first. Even more perilous than Sydney commuting. Therefore a tax on distraction is probably a good thing.
From: VTR250 on 18 May 2010 18:31 On May 19, 5:42 am, Peter <some...(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > <snip> > > In the UK I think they have it down to 1kmh and can hide them in stuff > like speed humps and traffic cones. > > <snip> Not true about hiding them in speed cones. There was a covert road- cone camera developed in the 70's but any pictures you see are archive. If I saw one, I'd steer a bit left and take it out, wouldn't you? It was never approved or used. Instead, the trend went to high visibility. They are ALL (by law) made extra-visible with reflective stickers, like this: http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gatso-feature.jpg PS. While searching for pictures of the road cone camera that was never deployed, I came across this: http://sites.google.com/site/buss47/tvrapist.jpg
From: Diogenes on 18 May 2010 19:33 On Tue, 18 May 2010 19:30:55 GMT, Peter <someone(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > >> You're a Victorian. Hang your head in shame if you get sprung by a >> signposted speed camera. > >Agreed. And as Betty pointed out we often don't register what signs say. It gets me often too. But it gets worse... There's a speed cam around here which I have been aware of for several years now. and yet, on occasion, I completely foget it's there, and don't register the signs. Scary... ================= Onya bike Gerry
From: Peter on 18 May 2010 23:51
>> >> In the UK I think they have it down to 1kmh and can hide them in >> stuff like speed humps and traffic cones. >> >> <snip> > > Not true about hiding them in speed cones. There was a covert road- > cone camera developed in the 70's but any pictures you see are > archive. If I saw one, I'd steer a bit left and take it out, wouldn't > you? It was never approved or used. > > Instead, the trend went to high visibility. They are ALL (by law) > made extra-visible with reflective stickers, like this: > http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gatso- feat > ure.jpg > > PS. While searching for pictures of the road cone camera that was > never deployed, I came across this: Snip. This is old but.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpUC2-X6Goo :-P |