Speed camera program raises fines not safety - Tesch
The only success of a new mobile speed camera program was to raise 17 times more revenue in fines, according to Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch.
"One driver is expected to be fined every 38 seconds for low level speeding as a consequence of the new scheme to implement mobile speed cameras without signage," she said.
Ms Tesch said the scheme was only a means to raise revenue, not to initiate safety.
"The only success of this program has been some extra dollars from a revenue raising stunt instead of actually minimising speeding by getting people to slow down."
"It is a cheap and irresponsible grab at NSW pockets, targeting low-level speeding which is often committed by hard working families who are trying their very best to stay afloat during this already difficult economic period."
Ms Tesch said NSW Labor was opposed to the scheme instead calling for the warning signs to be reinstated and for a boost of police visibility on roads.
"Since the implementation of the new mobile speed camera method fine revenue has risen by an astonishing 1700 per cent, with the number of fines also rising by over 1500 per cent.
"If the scheme really was targeting safety, then I'd like to see the same skyrocketing decrease in accidents and fatalities on our roads, which we are unfortunately yet to see."
SOURCE:
Media release, 7 Jul 2021
Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford