Police Move to Shore up income from speed camera's

Well the police and polititians have moved to protect their income from speed camera's

Brakes on speed spies

Emma Chalmers and Rosemary Odgers

October 30, 2006 11:00pm
Article from: The Courier-Mail

CONTROVERSIAL services that alert motorists to speed camera locations will be forced to shut down as part of the State Government's road safety crackdown.
Under the new laws, it will be illegal to profit from telling motorists where police have set up traffic enforcement operations. However, radio stations will be able to continue to broadcast speed camera locations.

Adam Bush, creator of Gold Coast company Road Spy, which sells motorists information including speed camera spots, says he may be able to find a loophole to keep his business running.

"We're waiting on a copy of the proposed legislation and at this stage it looks like we may have to restructure our business as a non-profit organisation," he said.

Police Minister Judy Spence ordered the crackdown after branding such services "irresponsible".

This just proves that speed camera's are not in anyway installed to reduce the road toll but are used as a way of raising funds for governments.

It is obvious that if there is a black spot or high accident zone where speed camera's are installed that they should be made obvious so they do what their intention is and that is to reduce speed.

But the criminal polititians in this country don't want you to know where they are becuase they know speed camera's do not save lives they only increase the revenue to the governments!

And speed camera by stealth is the best way to raise incomes for the governments, if they were concerned about blackspot areas they would highlight the speed camera so people actually slow down.

But they also know that speed doesn't kill and this is the greatest proof that speed doesn't kill!!! If it did the government and police would be moving to make speed camera's totally obvious and highlight their presence to slow motorists down.

Again if they did slow motorists down though they would miss out of $millions in revenue so it's in the governments and police best interests to keep people speeding, hide the enforcement devices so motorists don't slow down and viola instant revenue for the government.

What an absolute joke.
Daniel