New high-tech
speed cameras with enhanced capabilities will be used to target speeding
drivers across Queensland.
Thirteen
digital mobile speed cameras systems will replace some of the existing analogue
(film based) cameras currently in use.
The
German-manufactured Vitronic Poliscan camera systems operate on scanning
LIDAR technology with lasers sweeping the road and precisely measuring the
speed of up to six lanes of traffic travelling in opposite directions.
A complete
chain of evidence is captured by the cameras, including a high resolution image
with details on speed, location, time and vehicle details.
The cameras
can be deployed by an operator in a mobile speed camera vehicle or installed in
purpose built roadside housing.
Road Policing
Command Acting Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating said the upgraded technology
followed an extensive evaluation process.
“These cameras
have proven to be an effective tool in detecting speeding drivers in Western
Australia and other jurisdictions around the world,” Acting Assistant
Commissioner Keating said.
“They allow
officers to deploy cameras at a broad range of speeding hot spots and measure
vehicles simultaneously across multiple lanes and in different directions.”
Acting
Assistant Commissioner Keating said the devices are part of Queensland’s Speed
Management Strategy which aims to make Queensland roads safer through improved
compliance to posted speed limits.
“We know by
reducing vehicle speeds, the frequency and severity of crashes also reduces,”
he said.
“With
speeding a contributing factor to around 20 per cent of fatal traffic crashes
in Queensland, officers will continue to actively target speeding drivers to
reduce trauma on our roads.
The Vitronic
Poliscan speed cameras will support existing mobile cameras including the LTI
TruCAM digital laser and the Gatso Radar systems.
As at August
19, 2014, 135 people have died in traffic crashes in Queensland this year,
which is 46 less than at the same time last year.
