If I was in charge of deciding everyday where to put these speeding cameras that are so ubiquitous on Western Australian roads, I’d be Coke Evil about it – not just Diet Coke. I’m talking 100% EVIL. And here’s my ingenious plan:
Put two speeding cameras one after the other, say 200m apart.
Why? When ppl pass the first one, they’d be lulled into a false sense of security and speed on. And then FLASH! Got you sucker! And then for the double-whammy, ppl who get caught by the first camera would behave like the other group. “Fuck it! I already got caught, I might as well just speed on.” FLASH! Back to back baby!
I mean, since you are treating the cameras as a source of revenue you might as well maximise the returns you get from them. They are assets to generate profits, pure and simple. Forget about putting these cameras on traffic blackspots where accidents happen more frequently, put them on wide comfortable roads. Best are long straight ones. Ditto at the top of inclining roads where ppl would speed up a little to make the climb.
And forget about a buffer of +5km/h. Screw that! Make it zero! Speedometers may vary across different cars but hey, that’s not your concern right? *BING* Business idea! Charge the poor fools to “calibrate” their speedometers. Make it compulsory every time they renew their road registration. Yeah baby!
/cynicism
Ok I’m very aware that the collected fines are used in road safety awareness programs and the like. But honestly, if the police was serious about speed reduction then they wouldn’t hide and place the cameras on relatively safe roads. And they should advertise the locations so that ppl would consciously slow down in those danger spots. If some jerk still wanna speed, then yeah by all means – fine the hell out of them.
I want road safety. I appreciate the police for what they do in this regard. But I hate speed cameras because of the way they use them.
/rant
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Does speed cameras actually saves lives ?
–> Not sure.
Does speed cameras increases police revenue ?
–> Definitely.
Does speed cameras curb people from speeding?
-> hardly….
You know if you really want to make money just put cameras every 200 meters along the highway. You would be laughing all the way back to the bank … I mean police HQ.
why does WA need speed camera when it has ultra-garang traffic police. One of the initial culture shocks i had during my 1st year was seeing a policeman setting a speed trap beside the Wellington station…on a sunny after noon no less! when one car was moving too fast to react to his flagging signal, that garang policeman just jumped into the path of the speeding car.
That, is true dedication. It’s in every sense, a Sgt Tackleberry moment.
Ahaha I see that most of you share my sentiment, no matter where you are.
And v.u.: some of them police got big balls like that.
ya, the speed camera is useless as one would slow down upon reaching unless the person never drove that road before…
u kena issit?
btw, these speed camera are much better than tp hiding somewhere in a dark corner with radar speed gun…
leonard: kena many times liao!
Speed guns or camera, all the same. Sneaky bastards the lot of them.
dude that is evil. you would have caught me cos I always speed up after the speed camera in the assumption there isn’t another one for a while.