This state government if often accused of being incompetent. It would be hard to justify their plan to spend millions installing point to point camera surveillance of our highways to curb truck speeding - when the equipment to do the job is already in place - and being ignored !
$ 1.6 million was spent upgrading Safe-T-Cam equipment which gives it the ability to differentiate between car and truck registration plates. It therefore has the ability to detect speeding on highways where cars can legally travel at 110 kph but trucks are restricted to 100.
Despite this, the RTA only uses these cameras to monitor the hours drivers spend behind the wheel !
There is a slogan governments use to demand economies from their departments - " Do more with less " !
How about taking their own advice and bringing Safe-T-Cam into the speeding fight to make our roads safer ?
It is in place - paid for - and ready to go ! All it takes is the will -and a little common sense !
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