UPDATE 1.33pm: RESERVOIR is to be blitzed by more speed cameras than anywhere else in Victoria in the next seven days, as the Government defended its decision to reveal their locations.
The Herald Sun is publishing the location of every mobile speed camera for the coming week.
Police Minister Peter Ryan is honouring an election promise to allow the Herald Sun to reveal the location of previously secret mobile speed camera sites.
Mr Ryan said providing the list was part of his plan to make Victoria's speed and red-light camera network more transparent and boost confidence in the system.
Click here to view the full list of all 615 camera locations
It reveals that 615 locations will be the focus of mobile speed cameras this week.
Today, Mr Ryan continued his push to convince motorists the cameras were not just aimed at raising revenue.
The move to reveal the camera locations has prompted some experts to claim the move will lead to more deaths.
But Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said the cameras would save lives by changing the culture of people speeding.
He said 287 people died on Victorian roads in 2010 - compared to 776 in 1990, the year speed cameras were introduced.
“We are seeing that direct impact as a result of the cameras,'' Mr Ryan said.
“Cameras save lives and we need to change the culture of speeding on Victorian roads. This is another measure that will achieve that result we hope.''
Monash University Accident Research Centre Professor Max Cameron has said revealing mobile speed camera locations will lead to more road deaths, with studies showing that fatal crashes went up in areas where police reduced the cameras.
But Mr Ryan said overall traffic speeds had reduced since the cameras were introduced.
Reservoir is latest speed cam hot spot
In the latest published list, Reservoir has the biggest concentration of cameras - 10 deployed, compared with only one in Toorak.
The next most speed camera-saturated areas will be Ballarat and Mildura, each with eight speed cameras.
There will be seven in Noble Park and Shepparton.
The Herald Sun last week revealed details of what Mr Ryan describes as a "rigorous and far-reaching" probe into every aspect of the state's traffic camera network.
As part of the inquiry, he has asked the Auditor-General to examine tolerance levels that give motorists leeway before cameras are triggered and fines issued.
Mr Ryan also has ordered a government website, called Cameras Save Lives, to be set up before Easter.
It will include regularly updated information about:
THE number and dollar value of traffic camera fines from all camera systems.
THE camera locations with the highest number of infringements.
THE number of people who drive through camera locations at the correct speed - which is currently more than 99 per cent for fixed cameras and 98 per cent for mobile cameras.
THE number of people who receive official warnings instead of fines.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/speed-camera-blitz...
UPDATE 1.33pm: RESERVOIR is to be blitzed by more speed cameras than anywhere else in Victoria in the next seven days, as the Government defended its decision to reveal their locations.
The Herald Sun is publishing the location of every mobile speed camera for the coming week.
Police Minister Peter Ryan is honouring an election promise to allow the Herald Sun to reveal the location of previously secret mobile speed camera sites.
Mr Ryan said providing the list was part of his plan to make Victoria's speed and red-light camera network more transparent and boost confidence in the system.
Click here to view the full list of all 615 camera locations
It reveals that 615 locations will be the focus of mobile speed cameras this week.
Today, Mr Ryan continued his push to convince motorists the cameras were not just aimed at raising revenue.
The move to reveal the camera locations has prompted some experts to claim the move will lead to more deaths.
But Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said the cameras would save lives by changing the culture of people speeding.
He said 287 people died on Victorian roads in 2010 - compared to 776 in 1990, the year speed cameras were introduced.
“We are seeing that direct impact as a result of the cameras,'' Mr Ryan said.
“Cameras save lives and we need to change the culture of speeding on Victorian roads. This is another measure that will achieve that result we hope.''
Monash University Accident Research Centre Professor Max Cameron has said revealing mobile speed camera locations will lead to more road deaths, with studies showing that fatal crashes went up in areas where police reduced the cameras.
But Mr Ryan said overall traffic speeds had reduced since the cameras were introduced.
Reservoir is latest speed cam hot spot
In the latest published list, Reservoir has the biggest concentration of cameras - 10 deployed, compared with only one in Toorak.
The next most speed camera-saturated areas will be Ballarat and Mildura, each with eight speed cameras.
There will be seven in Noble Park and Shepparton.
The Herald Sun last week revealed details of what Mr Ryan describes as a "rigorous and far-reaching" probe into every aspect of the state's traffic camera network.
As part of the inquiry, he has asked the Auditor-General to examine tolerance levels that give motorists leeway before cameras are triggered and fines issued.
Mr Ryan also has ordered a government website, called Cameras Save Lives, to be set up before Easter.
It will include regularly updated information about:
THE number and dollar value of traffic camera fines from all camera systems.
THE camera locations with the highest number of infringements.
THE number of people who drive through camera locations at the correct speed - which is currently more than 99 per cent for fixed cameras and 98 per cent for mobile cameras.
THE number of people who receive official warnings instead of fines.
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