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2005 NEWS
Year
2005
From: Policespeedcameras Info
Police
shocked by drop in the number of speeding motorists
Police and the Road Safety Council are surprised and baffled at the
sudden 20% drop in speed camera revenue this year it was reported
on the Channel 7 News this week.
December 21,
2005
From: The West Australian
Onus
on drivers over traffic fines
Long-awaited traffic fine owner-onus laws will finally come into effect
on January 1, more than five years after they were passed through
State Parliament.
December 20,
2005
From: The West Australian
Motoring
body attacks double demerit policy
A leading motoring body cast doubts over the effectiveness of double
demerits yesterday as WA Police confirmed motorists would be slugged
double points between December 22 and January 8.
November
23, 2005
From: The Daily Telegraph
Switched
and ready for take off
You’ve found your seat, stowed your hand luggage, fastened your
seat belt and watched the safety video. You’re ready for take
off. But now what is there for you to do?
November
15, 2005
From: The Australia
Baby
you can find my park and play my favourite song
SOON, your new car will be more entertaining and informative than
your best friend.
November
11, 2005
From: The West Australian
Speed
gun jammers sold over internet
A 25-year-old Perth entrepreneur who sells an outlawed device which
scrambles police hand-held laser speed guns says he is not doing anything
wrong and is not responsible for people who use them illegall.
November
05, 2005
From: The West Australian
GPS
technology used to track stolen car
An alleged car thief has been outsmarted by advanced satellite tracking
technology fitted to a stolen luxury car.
November 03, 2005
From: The West Australian
Spotted
This radar detector on the dash of Liberal member for Roe Graham Jacobs'
parliamentary car.
October 25, 2005
From: The West Australian
4WDs
top for rear visibility
Cameras can make cars safer while reversing, but the car industry
says audible front parking and rear reversing sensors are better..
October 25, 2005
From: The West Australian
WA
drivers 'lack basic skills'
WA licence requirements do not equip drivers with the skills to avoid
simple accidents, say the WA Motor Trade Association.
September 29, 2005
From: Unknown
What
does it mean to "drop 5kph!"
My inbox often has great emails which command attention... One arrived
recently from Mark Pearson a great Maverick Spirit supporter from
Ballart and I reproduce it as I received it:
September 19, 2005
From: London News Online
Inside
out - Laser camera errors
Most motorists have a story to tell about getting a speeding fine.
Every year across England and Wales over one and a half million people
were convicted by speed cameras.
August 25, 2005
From: Herald Sun
Victorian
speed camera bungle
Victoria Police will be forced to withdraw hundreds of fines after
an embarrassing speed camera bungle.
August
16, 2005
From: The Australian
Satellites
set to track carjackers
Sydney's spate of seven carjackings in two weeks has prompted Mercedes-Benz
to examine bringing its satellite-based tracking system to Australia.
August 10, 2005
From: Daily Telegraph
All
speed camera fines in doubt
Every fine issued by speed cameras could be invalid, after the Roads
and Traffic Authority admitted yesterday it could not prove the authenticity
of the pictures they take.
August
04, 2005
From: Online News
Radar bans under
attack
VICTORIAN drivers have been banned from the road because of wrongly
issued speeding fines, says a former speed camera operator.
August
04, 2005
From: Online News
Secrets of speed
cameras revealed
MOBILE speed camera readings can be distorted by metal signs, fences,
walls and even Australia Post letter boxes, according to a secret
police document.
July
05, 2005
From: ABC News Online
Opposition says
speed camera costs too high
The Western Australian Opposition says WA police will be forced to
take officers off the streets to pay the operating costs of extra
speed cameras.
June
28, 2005
From: Correspondents in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters)
Speed limits
banned to keep drivers alive
RIO de Janeiro legislators have voted to end enforcement of speed
limits in parts of the crime-plagued city at night to try to cut down
on attacks on slow-moving cars.
