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Sydney
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January 2003
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Sydney
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November 2003
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Fri, 25 November 2005 12:50
 
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i sat on the F3 last thursday when i went to forster, there was a cop car sitting in front of the pack i was in and we were doing 120 the whole way from just past gosford until well past newcastle so seems pretty stupid to me.
to me its a dumbass idea. instead of focusing on the road for 2 hours at a time ull be making sure your not going over the speed limit. just another thing to cuase more accidents in my opinion.
what i would like to see if a report detialing how many accidents there have been that are cuased by SPEEDING and not poor dirving conditions (nabiac and that section before coffs harbour)
once they finish the F3 (ill be an old man but anyways) it should be safe enough to do 150kms/hr on it but im not saying they should raise the limit. but if a roads built to be safe at 150 its going to be safe at 110 and leave alot of room for the worst case scenario.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Fri, 25 November 2005 13:49
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Hmm... interesting.
Maybe the computer would like my new hexadecimal number plates!
46 75 63 6B 20 59 6F 75 20 50 69 67 73 21
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Location:
Sydney
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April 2004
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 04:54
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I think its better than the system now as it can slow paople down over a zone rathar than a 200m long stretch.BUT they have had so many dramas with the current cameras that only needed to take a photo of a speeding car that im not overly confident in one that will have to do this and also relay AND calculate a heap of information before taking the snap.
They were saying its pretty much inevitable that this is the beginning of having all roads monitored. Apparently in other countries P platers have sat nav monitoring systems so if your in a 50-100 etc you cant go over that limit..
Still putting incompetant people behind the wheel but I guess we wont see the effects of the L and P plate rule changes for some time so well have to see what happens.
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Location:
Forster NSW
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September 2004
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 07:01
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| domasik wrote on Fri, 25 November 2005 23:50 |
i sat on the F3 last thursday when i went to forster, there was a cop car sitting in front of the pack i was in and we were doing 120 the whole way from just past gosford until well past newcastle so seems pretty stupid to me.
to me its a dumbass idea. instead of focusing on the road for 2 hours at a time ull be making sure your not going over the speed limit. just another thing to cuase more accidents in my opinion.
what i would like to see if a report detialing how many accidents there have been that are cuased by SPEEDING and not poor dirving conditions (nabiac and that section before coffs harbour)
once they finish the F3 (ill be an old man but anyways) it should be safe enough to do 150kms/hr on it but im not saying they should raise the limit. but if a roads built to be safe at 150 its going to be safe at 110 and leave alot of room for the worst case scenario.
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What are the chances.. I was heading up the f3 last thursday (also heading to forster) and remember a cop car sitting ahead of the pack.
Not many people seem to stick to 110 on the f3, only around where the cameras are
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Location:
Liverpool
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 07:32
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Do ya's remember when they had white lines painted on the roads and Airplanes used to time you between the lines?
It failed miserably.
Cheers, Greg.
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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 07:48
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Damn that was a long time ago... I do remember that scheme.
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 08:49
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| Farkurnell wrote on Sat, 26 November 2005 18:32 |
Do ya's remember when they had white lines painted on the roads and Airplanes used to time you between the lines?
It failed miserably.
Cheers, Greg.
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Been told about it by my parents (pigs in the sky  ), my dad had a worked datsun 200B SX at the time which sadly got stolen before my time  .
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sat, 26 November 2005 10:15
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Ridiculous draconian society we live in
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sun, 27 November 2005 02:50
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| Farkurnell wrote on Sat, 26 November 2005 18:32 |
Do ya's remember when they had white lines painted on the roads and Airplanes used to time you between the lines?
It failed miserably.
Cheers, Greg.
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What the hell that's crazy! Elaborate please? 
Playing Need for Speed Most Wanted I was actually thinking about this last night. Toll booth race is where you have go through a certain number of toll booths in a limited amount of time. The idea behind it being you being clocked at certain times is proof that you made it from one toll booth to the next. I was then thinking that if they introduced that here people would be screwed because they'd be able to check how fast you were travelling by comparing the times. I really hope that thing doesn't catch on =\
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Location:
Liverpool
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February 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sun, 27 November 2005 04:49
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| thu187 wrote on Sun, 27 November 2005 13:50 |
What the hell that's crazy! Elaborate please?
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Fairly self explanatory mate.
There were white lines painted across roadways, a certain distance apart mainly on major freeways and highways. Cops in planes would then time how long it took a vehicle to get from one to the other. If it was too quick they'd radio another cop on the ground who'd pull you up and book you.
Cheers, Greg.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Casula
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sun, 27 November 2005 05:37
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LOL, the old bear in the air. yep remember it well.
How about the old one used in SA some time back where they had 2 rubber air hoses across the road to time you between to two points, can't recall the name of that one.
I have been waiting for this safety cam to overflow to cars, it's been used to track truck drivers for some time now. I've had conversations with my young bloke about there being nothing to stop them using them on cars.
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Location:
adelaide
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May 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sun, 27 November 2005 10:49
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what happens if u pull over for a minute????
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I Supported Toymods
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Casula
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January 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Sun, 27 November 2005 19:56
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Thats all the truck drivers do, you work out your travel speed between the two cameras & make sure you don't go through the second camera before you time limit. This gives you time to catch 15-30 minutes sleep.
But since cars don't have the same problems with hills, it's a pointless exercise for a car driver to speed then stop and wait for the time to go through the second camera safely.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Nthn Beaches, Sydney
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Tue, 29 November 2005 01:29
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"they [the RTA] were surprised by the results. They said people were generally doing the right thing."
Fuckers. So they're convinced we're all dangerous hoons speeding about with no consideration for anybody else's safety??? And have been completely unaffected by the millions of dollars spent so far trying to get us all to slow down???
Its this fucking attitude (where they're suprised we're doing the right thing) that leads to such drastic and over the top measures being put in place to raise revenue *oops* sorry, slow us down.
Fuckers.
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Location:
Toronto, Downtown
Registered:
September 2004
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Location:
Pine Rivers QLD
Registered:
April 2005
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Re: New RTA Speed Cameras
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Tue, 29 November 2005 06:12
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this sort of thing has been around for a LONG time though right, i went down to NSW at the start of the year and saw them then...
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New RTA Speed Cameras
