Mobile speed cameras are doing a roaring trade in Tasmania with a lot of infringements being received by truckies.
These cameras can be found at many locations around the Apple Isle, with authorities saying these are determined using a Deployment Strategy identifies accident hotspots.
Improving road safety is the primary driver in identifying mobile speed camera locations.
State Growth and Tassie police have compared data to road features which increase the risk of crashing, such as traffic volume and alignment.
All drivers have been asked to go online and suggest a specific location at which they would like to see these cameras – which hasn’t proven all that popular with truckies.
Some of our mates have told Spy that some cameras are placed at sneaky locations which anger them.
They’re mostly placed in high revenue areas and not accident hotspots.
On the common routes I drive, the cameras are placed in areas that haven’t seen an accident in years or decades, yet the high accident areas (multiple incidents per year) have yet to have a camera placed there.
Tas Police have mostly given up on prioritising road safety and have opted to meet their efficiency dividend instead.