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Why are fixed speed cameras located where they are?

April 26, 2017cameras fixed located speed

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Why are fixed speed cameras located where they are?

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Fixed speed cameras are installed at sites that meet specific criteria. The RTA Fixed Speed Camera Site Selection Criteria were developed by the RTA in consultation with the NRMA and the NSW Police Force. These criteria are based on crash and injury crash rates and travelling speeds. This ensures that cameras are installed on ‘blacklengths’ (lengths of road with a high crash rate) and a demonstrated speeding problem. Evaluations conducted in Britain and Norway have found that injury crash reductions of around 20 per cent are achieved through the use of fixed speed cameras that are installed at sites that meet criteria similar to those developed for the NSW fixed speed camera program.