The idea of point-to-point speed cameras is back on the table - after the last government scrapped it
The idea of point-to-point speed cameras is back on the table - after the last government scrapped it
13 May 2018
They're designed to catch people who know where to slow down, to avoid getting flashed by a fixed camera.
Cars are snapped at two points on the same stretch of road, so an average speed can be calculated.
Associate Transport Minister Julie Ann Genter says five years of increasing deaths and serious injuries on the roads can't be ignored.
She says our rates are higher than in Australia - and other countries like Sweden.
The AA says it's likely there'd be public support for the cameras, if they're deployed on stretches of road known to be crash black spots.
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