More point-to-point speed cameras for SA
Four new point-to-point speed cameras will be constructed to monitor more than 50 kilometres of South Australia’s highways by next year.
The cameras, which calculate a driver’s average speed between two points, will operate along four stretches of road:
- The 5.7 kilometres of Victor Harbor Road from McLaren Vale to Willunga.
- The 18.1 kilometres of the Sturt Highway from Lowbank to Wigley Flat.
- The 13.5 kilometres of the South Eastern Freeway from Mount Barker Summit to Callington.
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- The 16.6 kilometres of the Northern Expressway from Virginia to Gawler.
Road Safety Minister Tony Piccolo said the sections of road were high-risk locations for drivers, based on traffic volume and crash history.
“Over 40,000 vehicles travel daily on these four roads and there have sadly been 34 fatalities and 168 serious injuries between 2009 and 2013,” Piccolo said.
“The speed that a vehicle is travelling, regardless of whether or not the speed itself caused the accident, has the greatest impact on the severity of (a) crash.
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“These cameras help deter people from speeding and reduce the risk of a serious accident on our roads.”
Point-to-point speed cameras were introduced in South Australia on the Dukes Highway and Port Wakefield Road in July.
In the first month, the cameras recorded 279 speed offences as well as 28 “evade” offences.
Shadow road safety minister Corey Wingard said he believed the new cameras would improve safety on SA roads.
“A lot of people talk about revenue raising and personally I don’t like to believe that’s what the government’s doing,” Wingard told InDaily this morning.
“If I (had) evidence in any way to show that speed cameras are being used for revenue raising I would make a lot of noise about that, because that’s not what it’s about.
“Everyone wants the roads to be as safe as possible, so measures that can make our roads safer are absolutely imperative.
“Speed cameras are about road safety – that is the number one issue.”
Signs marked ‘safety camera ahead’ and ‘average speed camera zone’ will be erected to warn drivers ahead of the speed camera zones.
