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Paper Title:
Mobile Speed Cameras
in the ACT - Slashing Speeds and Cutting Crashes
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Authors:
Robin Anderson, Andrew
Edgar
Abstract:
Speed cameras were introduced
into the ACT in October 1999. A successful launch of the program
saw widespread acceptance of the cameras as a road safety measure
in the Territory. The Federal Police, Urban Services and the NRMA
joined forces to put forward the message that speed cameras would
help the ACT to reduce road trauma. The program was expanded in
August 2000 to include more speed camera sites and additional camera
vans.
The NRMA ACT Road Safety
Trust commissioned a study by ARRB Transport Research into the effectiveness
of the program. After 18 months of surveillance of vehicle speeds,
this study has found that the speed cameras have substantially lowered
the speeds of drivers who previously drove at greater than 10km/h
over the speed limit. It has also found that crashes at the initial
speed camera sites have significantly decreased by 36%, and more
importantly, fatalities have decreased by 74%.
This paper reports on
how the speed camera program was introduced and accepted by the
public, how the program evaluation was undertaken, and all the important
results that have come out of the effectiveness report.
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