[Zorro56]

People from the eastern states always knock South Australia, but we often lead the country on many initiatives. Deposits on bottles to encourage recycling and outlawing plastic bags are just two examples. We have had these cameras for some time and more are to be added next year.

 

[magpie1]

Camera's Camera's EVERYWHERE .....but no time left to even SMILE or Blink.

 

[waggadragon1]

It will never end

 

[BellaJugar]

Let's hope then that these cameras do the job properly and also book those that are under the legal speed limits that is also illegal and just as dangerous as speeding as quite often these drivers are in the right-hand lane making it difficult to overtake legally as more often than not you have to overtake them in the left lane or you keep catching up to them doing the legal speed limit and tailgating until you brake to back off again and again, thereby frustrating the drivers behind you and at times resulting in these drivers doing dangerous overtaking moves to get around these slow drivers who think they are doing the so called right and safe thing when in actual fact they aren't.

 

[elaine41]

Obviously another AI-written article as it says "the cameras BECAME operational from 25 October 2025" , a date which is still 8 days ahead not in the past. Please, if you are going to try to keep us informed (& for this I thank you), do not use AI-written articles as they are unevitably incorrect.

 

[Veggiepatch]

People from the eastern states always knock South Australia, but we often lead the country on many initiatives.

Like bizarre multiple murders.

Ever heard of Truro or Snowtown, to name two....

 

[kdzimm]

It may not be long before our rego numbers are on the roof of vehicles as well as back and front with all these cameras around, like the numbers on police cars so they can be identified.

 

[Greg350]

Let's hope then that these cameras do the job properly and also book those that are under the legal speed limits that is also illegal and just as dangerous as speeding as quite often these drivers are in the right-hand lane making it difficult to overtake legally as more often than not you have to overtake them in the left lane or you keep catching up to them doing the legal speed limit and tailgating until you brake to back off again and again, thereby frustrating the drivers behind you and at times resulting in these drivers doing dangerous overtaking moves to get around these slow drivers who think they are doing the so called right and safe thing when in actual fact they aren't.

Did you actually read the article, these cameras have nothing to do with enforcement, they are counting vehicles, using cameras means they can count types of vehicles as well.

Counting vehicles has been going on since I was a kid at least when they had the cables across the road.

But everyone being paranoid as they are think there's something more sinister going on.

 

[Making Austr.sad again]

I see it as just another revenue so to fill the missing dollars they’re blown up somewhere down the track. It’s not completely about the safety. There is also too many people living in Australia now and roads are not ready for this huge impact. And there are people who didn’t a-customised with Australian rules yet after arriving from overseas. You can see it everywhere. And why blame these older citizens in every occasion… because they’re not speaking out?

 

[waggadragon1]

Did you actually read the article, these cameras have nothing to do with enforcement, they are counting vehicles, using cameras means they can count types of vehicles as well.

Counting vehicles has been going on since I was a kid at least when they had the cables across the road.

But everyone being paranoid as they are think there's something more sinister going on.

For now

 

[Veggiepatch]

Did you actually read the article, these cameras have nothing to do with enforcement, they are counting vehicles, using cameras means they can count types of vehicles as well.

Counting vehicles has been going on since I was a kid at least when they had the cables across the road.

But everyone being paranoid as they are think there's something more sinister going on.

Do you recall the overhead speed monitoring devices on the F6 from Sydney to Wollongong back in the 1980s? For those who were unaware at the time, they detected the speed of traffic a few hundred metres away, saying "SLOW DOWN" to those speeding.

While they didn't issue any infringement notices, all they needed was a few minor tweaks to become revenue raising machines.

I had the "distinction" of recording 227 kmh one Saturday afternoon for fun on my tricked up Kawasaki GPZ750 R1.

Any traffic detection tool can be easily modified to make them a bitumen cash register.

 

[Veggiepatch]

An increase in recent road deaths can be attributed to inattention.

So what do these gizmos, hanging out of the sky, cause? INATTENTION!! Causing motorists to gawk at anything and everything suspicious instead of looking at the road in front of them.

It's a bird....it's a plane....no, it's the government's new revenue raiser!!

CHING!! CHING!!

 

[waggadragon1]

Do you recall the overhead speed monitoring devices on the F6 from Sydney to Wollongong back in the 1980s? For those who were unaware at the time, they detected the speed of traffic a few hundred metres away, saying "SLOW DOWN" to those speeding.

While they didn't issue any infringement notices, all they needed was a few minor tweaks to become revenue raising machines.

I had the "distinction" of recording 227 kmh one Saturday afternoon for fun on my tricked up Kawasaki GPZ750 R1.

Any traffic detection tool can be easily modified to make them a bitumen cash register.

The overhead cameras around Gundagai used to monitor truck speeds surprise Surprise now used as average speed detectors for cars which do nothing to lower the road toll but definitely increase revenue

 

[SandyM]

To catch people eating. drinking and vaping??? I thought I read somewhere that this was not true - we won't get fined for this.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm a crossing supervisor in Frankston Davy st, and I have been asking for them to put up cameras up on the school crossing for a long time, but the answer I got from the department of justice was ah well no one has been hurt, my reply was, so one of my little children have to be hurt or worse killed then you might do something, her reply was Oh don't say that, my reply was, well I'm saying it, you wait till someone gets killed then you might do something. I'm still waiting, it's a very dangerous intersection.

 

[Greg350]

I see it as just another revenue so to fill the missing dollars they’re blown up somewhere down the track. It’s not completely about the safety. There is also too many people living in Australia now and roads are not ready for this huge impact. And there are people who didn’t a-customised with Australian rules yet after arriving from overseas. You can see it everywhere. And why blame these older citizens in every occasion… because they’re not speaking out?

OMG, another one who can't read.
The cameras are NOT enforcement cameras, they are traffic monitoring cameras, instead of pneumatic road tubes which have been used for decades. The cameras allow traffic numbers AND traffic mix, ie cars, trucks, buses, etc.

 

[Dynomite]

It may not be long before our rego numbers are on the roof of vehicles as well as back and front with all these cameras around, like the numbers on police cars so they can be identified.

Never thought of that! Sh.sh

 

[Vet543]

Someone wrote":
OMG, another one who can't read.
The cameras are NOT enforcement cameras

Yep, another one, exactly.
The article said that the tiny bunch of cameras were not enforcement BUT the bigger one were...
So now we have little bunches of cameras that don't pay their own way? There are people being employed to watch these cameras for umpteen reasons ... Like: traffic incidents, animals on expressways, all sorts of incidents impedeing the flow of traffic etc.
A strange camera appears on the freeway near Yandina Qld. Qld Transport were asked why? The answer was Just a traffic monitor, nothing to worry about. within no time at all people were getting fines for unregistered cars...The fine notice had a photo of the number plates and blow up the image and you could see little bits of the overhead bridge at Yandina.. Well, I think people in unregistered cars should be fined as they are not paying 3rd Party Insurance which is compulsory. MY POINT is the Transport Department said Don't worry it is only monitoring flow of traffic... Bloody lies .. The comment may be true but how are going to pay for all the AI techno

 

[Nantes]

Do you recall the overhead speed monitoring devices on the F6 from Sydney to Wollongong back in the 1980s? For those who were unaware at the time, they detected the speed of traffic a few hundred metres away, saying "SLOW DOWN" to those speeding.

While they didn't issue any infringement notices, all they needed was a few minor tweaks to become revenue raising machines.

I had the "distinction" of recording 227 kmh one Saturday afternoon for fun on my tricked up Kawasaki GPZ750 R1.

Any traffic detection tool can be easily modified to make them a bitumen cash register.

It's a long time since I've seen one of those Veggie. There was a 750 Kawasaki that was shaft driven about that time. I had a Suzuki GS1100 back then. The Sports/Tourer, with the Katana engine.