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Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 06:57
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My mum gave me this the other day, so i thought i'd share it with my fellow Victorians.
ENJOY, remember "speed thrills"
CAMERAS IN VICTORIA
The following is an update on current speed and red light cameras operating in Victoria.
Most Important: Speed and Red Light combination camera types.
˙ Cnr Orrong and Dandenong Rd, Caulfield very active.
˙ Alexandra Pde and Smith St, Fitzroy just before entering the Eastern Freeway.
˙ Stud Rd and Wellington Rd cnr, Rowville.
Note: The red light camera on Swan St Bridge and Alexandra Ave, opposite Myer Music Bowl has been repaired recently.
New permanent Speed cameras in Melbourne.
˙ On the Monash Freeway, 600m before entering the tunnel heading towards the city. Its hidden behind an overhead road sign (80kph). Even though this is openly publicised by the media and state government, it catches over 700 drivers per day!
˙ Westgate Freeway Princes Highway.
˙ On top of the Westgate Bridge
˙ Hoppers Crossing overpass.
˙ At the first Werribee exit.
˙ At the Little River exit.
˙ Point Cook overpass.
˙ Point Wilson overpass.
˙ At Corio, just before you arrive at the Waterslide in Geelong (Norlane).
Note: These are elapsed time trigger cameras, they estimate your average driving speed between checkpoints. So slowing down before each overpass will not fool them.
All these cameras are positioned in both the inbound and outbound lanes and are tricky to see. If you did 10kph over the speed limit all the way from Melbourne to Geelong, you can expect up to $125 fine on each one and the loss of 1 demerit point. Each camera is able to book cars doing even 5ks over the limit.
˙ Western Ring Road:
˙ Boundary Road Laverton North.
˙ Western Highway Ardeer.
˙ Calder Freeway Keilor East
˙ Tullamarine Freeway Tullamarine.
˙ Pascoe Vale Road Glenroy
˙ Widford Street Glenroy.
˙ High Street Thomastown.
Coming Soon !!!
˙ Eastern Freeway 5 more cameras.
˙ Monash 5 more cameras.
˙ Calder Freeway 9 more cameras, from Keilor to Kyneton.
˙ Hume Highway to Albury 11 cameras.
Other Highways on the proposed list are as follows:
˙ Western Highway Ardeer to Ballarat.
˙ South Gippsland Highway Dandenong to Phillip Island.
˙ Goulburn Valley Highway Seymour to Shepparton.
˙ Princes Highway Pakenham to Traralgon.
Also being considered are:
˙ Mount Alexander Road
˙ Nepean Highway
˙ Dandenong Road
˙ Burwood Highway
˙ Sydney Road
˙ Springvale Road
˙ Ferntree Gully Road.
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 08:43
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fark
glad I dont live there 
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near chris and murray vic
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July 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 09:07
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sorry to say, but im pretty sure the time trigger ones are a load of crap. but you shouldnt be speeding anyways 
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Mornington Peninsula
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September 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 22:24
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Change lanes a few times, it's all good!
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I supported Toymods
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melbourne.victoria.austra...
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June 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 22:54
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time triggering is not quite there yet. and they ain't on the hoppers overpass nor the werribee one.
and yeah. easiest way to beat speed cameras = dont speed. simple
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Sydney
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June 2003
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 09 September 2003 23:22
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I seriously cannot see how those time trigger ones would be able to get you. Pretty nasty if they can though. 
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Mornington Peninsula
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September 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Wed, 10 September 2003 03:14
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The trigger ones would work in similar ways that they do time how long it takes on the freeway.
Like on the monash they say it takes 15 minutes to get to kings way from Wellington road. They have their cameras along there and focus on a truck etc and see how long it takes to get from point a to point b.
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Perth
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November 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Wed, 10 September 2003 03:22
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So is this someone in a control tower looking or camera's with some kind of numberplate detection software?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Wed, 10 September 2003 05:58
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Numberplate probably, although it won't be long before they can recognise the make and model of the car itself.
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Wollongong
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Wed, 10 September 2003 08:34
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They've been doing it for years with the SAFE-T-CAM system on the Hume Hwy. They record the numberplates of all trucks as they pass key overpasses (you can see the cameras mounted underneath) which are "read" by a computer (optical character recognition) and if the truck makes it between 2 points in a quicker time than legally possible, a fine is mailed out. I know one of the programmers who works on the project. They don't record info/plates about cars *yet*.
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Elwood, Melb
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August 2003
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Thu, 11 September 2003 05:58
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Yeah i thought the time trigger cameras are a load of crap too, say you pass the first checkpoint and somehow you go off the freeway 'cos you know a faster route around a particular area, and then return back to the freeway, and pass the next checkpoint at a quicker time, what the f#ck's gonna happen.
Keep in mind I'm speaking hypotheticaly.
And yeah your right just don't speed, I'm just keeping everyone aware.
But why else do we modify our cars, to make them faster. you have to speed at the right time and right place. "Common Sense." Right. Right
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Fri, 12 September 2003 10:45
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Best thing about the ring road ones are if your tucked in close behind a truck the cameras field of vision can not see your car and do you think police bother to run speed cameras any more along there?
Just have to make shure theres a truck to tuck in behind or ya gota pull over and wait
Allan
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, Western Australia
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December 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Sat, 13 September 2003 12:54
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Fuckin shitten myself! Been driving around here for the last six weeks!  
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Sun, 14 September 2003 21:04
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I just came back from Melb and I must say Melb isn't that hard to follow the speed limit. There are only a few times I thought the speed limit was way way too slow but generally everyone goes 5-10 under the limit so that doesn't make you too fast or too slow for traffic flow.
I didn't notice the point to point thing when I drove down the Hume so that "maybe" just a lie or something. At least there was no signs telling that there is a point to point thing at all. Easiest way to avoid those is to stop at a servo anyway. Problem solved very easily.
Though I must say the roads and drivers in general are very good. People are more patient, the freeways are damn good (where do you find 6 lanes each way in Sydney??) although driving on tram tracks is like driving on Parramatta Road.
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Location:
Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Mon, 15 September 2003 09:02
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even better geting stuck at a set of lights with it raining on an uphill with tram lines!
Allan
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melb
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June 2003
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Re: Cameras in Victoria
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Tue, 16 September 2003 11:11
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Lets all chip in and buy a demo saw, it only takes 120 seconds for a 4 inch pole.
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