How do the new Safety Cameras and Mobile Speed Camers work?

**JohnO** · 14-09-2010 01:23 PM

um just passed a the warning signs like for traffic conditions on the side of the road but it was from the rta. looked at it, was displaying my speed on the billboard? any ideas?

**BMXWoody** · 14-09-2010 06:00 PM

If it was a roadworks site they use those signs pretty commonly. Never seen a speed camera at one, but that's just my experience.

**JohnO** · 14-09-2010 06:38 PM

rta just installed a safety camera to a intersection but the trailer sign was just down the road from the intersection

**BMXWoody** · 15-09-2010 05:30 AM

Not really sure what that means exactly then mate. A friend of mine got done at 6 over by a safety camera that had only been there a couple days and managed to get out of it by writing a letter. I guess just play the waiting game =\

**Nismo3oi** · 15-09-2010 10:21 AM

should be a ford territory, and their not all white.

**flipfire** · 15-09-2010 11:03 AM

I wonder if theres anyway to detect mobile speed cams from far away.

**flipfire** · 15-09-2010 01:24 PM

After doing some research..

You can buy laser detector/jammers that are legal due to the fact that they can also be used as parking sensors. These run on the 904/905nm light spectrum (licence free) which Redflex uses on their mobile cameras.

Also mobile camera vehicles have no power to chase and pull you over meaning you can detect/jam them anytime.

**crashprash** · 15-09-2010 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by flipfire

After doing some research..

You can buy laser detector/jammers that are legal due to the fact that they can also be used as parking sensors. These run on the 904/905nm light spectrum (licence free) which Redflex uses on their mobile cameras.

Also mobile camera vehicles have no power to chase and pull you over meaning you can detect/jam them anytime.

where do u find these legal detectors/jammers?

**ajbm** · 16-09-2010 12:41 AM

Radar detectors are illegal in NSW... The fine is over 1K
I know coz I bought one from U.S. A few years ago.
Some cop cars are fitted with radar-detector detector.
So don't even think of using one. Not to mention the 9 demerit points

**flipfire** · 16-09-2010 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by crashprash

where do u find these legal detectors/jammers?

Search online.

Originally Posted by ajbm

Radar detectors are illegal in NSW... The fine is over 1K
I know coz I bought one from U.S. A few years ago.
Some cop cars are fitted with radar-detector detector.
So don't even think of using one. Not to mention the 9 demerit points

Once your detector goes off, you slow down and hit the off switch for the detector.

Radar and laser is different which is why you should be able to skrit laws. Also its a multifunction device. Also its still legal in WA.

New South Wales
TRAFFIC ACT 1909 - SECT 4AD
4AD Sale, purchase and use of prohibited speed measuring evasion articles

(1) A person must not sell or offer for sale, or purchase, a prohibited speed measuring evasion article.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle or trailer to stand, on a road or road related area if a prohibited speed measuring evasion article is fitted or applied to, or carried in, the vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) The owner of a motor vehicle or trailer which is driven or stands on a road or road related area in contravention of subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the article concerned was not designed as a prohibited speed measuring evasion article but was designed for another purpose.

(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) or (3) if the defendant satisfies the court that, at the time of the alleged offence:

(a) the vehicle was in the course of a journey to a place appointed by a member of the police force, an officer of the Authority or a court, in order to surrender the article, or

(b) the vehicle was the subject of a notice, issued in accordance with the regulations, requiring the owner of the vehicle to remove the article from the vehicle within a specified time and that time had not expired, or (c) the defendant did not know, and in the circumstances could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the article concerned was fitted or applied to, or was being carried in, the vehicle