While fixed speed cameras that measure your average speed between two points have been common across Australia for several years,... Read More
Germany is banning fixed speed camera alerts provided on most GPS units and many mobile phone apps in a worrying... Read More
A 22-year-old man wanted for 55 traffic offences including several for speeds of more than 150km/h in Brisbane’s northern suburbs has finally been nabbed. Watch the Queensland Police video below of several occasions where the rider is spotted by police who give up the chase for public safety reasons when... Read More
Double demerit points apply from Friday (20 December 2019) in NSW, the ACT and Western Australia, affecting licensed riders not only... Read More
The issue of police being directed to meet traffic offence targets or quotas are back in the news in Queensland... Read More
Brisbane riders who spent Wednesday’s Ekka Holiday riding the famed Mt Glorious Rd may find they have an unwelcome TruCAM speeding fine in the mail in the next couple of weeks. This video was recorded by rider David Englebright, showing police in the bushes using the TruCAM hand-held laser digital camera... Read More
Motorists sometimes inadvertently convict themselves for speeding when they are pulled over by the police, says traffic and criminal law... Read More
Cap motorcycle speeds at 50km/h is one of the more ludicrous suggestions put forward at the first of a series... Read More
Police in every state plan to immediately increase police presence on regional roads leading up to a “National Day of Action” on Tuesday 27 August 2019. We contacted the police in each state to find out what a National Day of Action will involve, but they have not revealed anything... Read More
A plan to temporarily lower speed limits on regional highway intersections when approaching side-road traffic is detected may not work... Read More
A major road safety summit has suggested speed limits on Australia’s unsealed country road network be reduced from 100km/h to... Read More
A Toronto rider has developed an affordable but ugly head-up display (HUD) for a motorcycle helmet that provides speed alerts only so you don’t have to stare at your speedometer all the time. Colin Lam, who has started producing the HUD for just $US79, admits the controller unit is bulky... Read More
Melbourne plans to drop its CBD speed limit to 30km/h, the lowest of any capital city in Australia, following a... Read More
New Saudi Arabian Saher speed cameras that can also detect tailgaters and excessive lane changing will directly bill a motorist’s... Read More
Camera surfing is the phenomenon where riders and drivers slow as they approach a speed camera and then speed up after the cameras. The expression of camera surfing was developed by former Victorian Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis and it’s been proved in research by his office. So does... Read More
Riders are urged to take part in a major survey on attitudes to road safety strategies which has so far... Read More
Riders who believe there is safety in numbers may be in for a shock when the whole group is pulled... Read More
Most motorists hate covert speed detection by police, yet they seem to be finding more and more sneaky ways to cover themselves while operation radar units and speed cameras. Gold Coast rider Gary Lynn confronted the cop photographed in the bushes above on the Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd on a Sunday on... Read More
While many riders hate covert speed cameras that are turning us into a nation of speedo gazers, they should welcome... Read More
A rider is challenging a speeding fine he says is impossible because it claims he was doing 150% of the posted... Read More
Public opinion polls on speed cameras consistently find they are revenue-raisers, prompting motorists to attack them or take unusual, sometimes illegal, measures to avoid them. There are many reports from around the world of speed cameras being attacked and many websites that sell “proven methods” for avoiding them. Attack methods... Read More
The “WannaCry” ransomware virus that affected 110 Victorian speed cameras in June 2017 and disrupted organisations including the British National Health Service,... Read More
Rural roads without a median barrier should have a 70km/h speed limit, according to new report by the International Transport... Read More
A new Monash University survey is asking the public about speed limits, point-to-point speed cameras and a proposal for a 40km/h suburban limit in the ACT. While it may seem a progressive move, the research will be compiled by the Monash University Accident Research Centre which is known for its... Read More
Police have defended their use of a covert Trucam mobile speed camera unit at the bottom of a 7.9km downhill... Read More
Average speed or point-to-point cameras continue to increase their presence on our roads, but are they actually fairer than multiple... Read More
Western Australia police claim they have the first rear facing mobile speed camera in Australia for the specific purpose of catching speeding motorcyclists. However, we checked other police services throughout the country and they say their mobile speed camera vans can scan across multiple lanes and capture vehicles approaching on... Read More
Victoria leads the nation in plundering motorists with speed camera fines, reaping $363.15 million last financial year which is more... Read More
Many riders make an effort to warn other motorcyclists if they see a police presence, speed camera or radar unit,... Read More
Thousands of speed and red-light infringements recorded while 110 Victorian were infected by a software virus have now been reissued. The fines were withdrawn or suspended pending an investigation by Road Safety Camera Commissioner John Voyage. Despite Motorbike Writer only receiving confirmation on Thursday that the investigation had started, it... Read More
Victorian Police have suspended, not cancelled, fines recorded by 110 fixed speed and red light cameras infected by “WannaCry” ransomware... Read More
This photo of a “Sat-Cam” two-way fixed speed camera unit on a “speed trial” on Mt Mee Rd northwest of... Read More
Motorists are being urged to slow down to 30km/h in urban areas in the fourth annual United Nations Global Road Safety Week from today (May 8, 2017). The UN “Save Lives #SlowDown” campaign (May 8-14, 2017) cites World Health Organisation (WHO) “research” that claims a 5% cut in average speed... Read More
Riders on the Oxley Highway face a blitz of police patrols and speed cameras in the wake of two recent... Read More
Speeding cars with obscured number plates are much bigger evaders of speed camera fines than motorcyclists without front number plates.... Read More
New Zealand authorities are being urged to turn speed cameras around because front-on cameras are not catching speeding motorcyclists. It’s a better option than re-introducing front number plates for motorcycles as suggested by former Victorian Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis. Speeding motorcyclists are estimated to account for around 10%... Read More
It appears that Queensland Police are using covert hand-held speed cameras in cars with tinted windows seemingly against their own... Read More
Police around the country are again abusing statistics to issue their annual warning to motorcyclists that they will be out... Read More
Mobile speed cameras are becoming so small they are now being used on motorcycles so they can be stationed in areas where other speed cameras are too big. The first to introduce motorcycle speed cameras is Scotland. While Scottish authorities say it will not target any particular type of vehicle, they admit it... Read More
New Zealand police have admitted that fixed speed cameras have not been operating for almost a year, yet the road toll... Read More
Here’s a mobile speed camera unit we would actually like to see, mainly because it is very easy to see as... Read More
Austroads makes no mention of lane filtering in its latest report concerned with achieving “safer” speeds in our urban road network. The 104-page report titled “Achieving Safe System Speeds on Urban Arterial Roads: Compendium of Good Practice” features a range of suggestions, but none mentions how effective lane filtering is... Read More
Strict speed limit control through speed cameras and police radar has turned riders into speedo gazers, says motorcycle tour founder... Read More
Motorcycle riders will cheer loudly if police introduce radar that detects texting drivers – but don’t expect it to replace... Read More
Did you know that your speedo is most likely inaccurate and that the inaccuracy could vary slightly with time? In these days of low speed tolerances by the police, it is vital that your speedo is accurate or that you are aware of its inaccuracy. To check the accuracy of... Read More
Here we go with another rave about speed cameras. After recent announcements in Queensland that the speed tolerance would be... Read More