FW: New Legislation M5 & M7 Re Speeding Fines‏

[encounta]

Hi all. I just received the below email today.

Has anyone else received it?

But most importantly, do you think it's fact or fiction?

I hardly travel on them M's, only the M4 daily for me..

here's the email copy and pasted below:

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IT’S UP AN RUNNING, SO BE WARNED

M5 and the M7 are now equipped with Point to Point speed devices. Once you enter the M7 for instance you pass the e-tag and it beeps. At the same time a camera takes a photo of your car and records The exact time.

For those who have exited the M7 they would be aware that upon exit the e-tag system beeps again as you leave. At the same time another camera at that point takes a photo of the Car and the time. Then the computer calculates the time it has taken you to travel between the two points and calculates your speed. If you have completed the clocked journey too fast you are given a Speeding ticket.

At the present time the speed limit is 100K’s an hour and you have a tolerance of 102 and no more. One fraction over that speed and you are issued with a fine automatically. Remember, this is going to be a very costly experience for some Drivers. It is also going to mean vehicles will be travelling at 95 in order to ensure that no ticket is issued. What a shock some drivers are going to have when they have used this roadway for a week and get a weeks tickets BOTH WAYS.

Of course your license will also be recalled for three months and you know the rest. Take the advice and if you ignore it remember this email when you pay all those fines. Also, remember that now with the new legislation, fighting a speed camera fine is almost impossible. You must prove the device is faulty and if you are not a technician working on them, you have no chance of beating the fine.

The Pacific Highway has a set and these are recognized as large Steel frames over the lanes with a speed camera and some distance up the Road there is another large metal frame with a speed camera. These new point to point systems are being put onto any expressway or highway where vehicles are not able to exit between those points.

Also remember that school zone cameras are not speed tolerant and anything over, even 41, is a fine. This means people will be doing 38 to avoid any differences in their Speedo readings.

[Brad!]

It is a hoax, there are no point to point speed cameras on the M5 or M7.

http://www.westlinkm7.com.au/News-Detail.asp?NewsID=80

http://www.m5motorway.com.au/news/

M5 South West Motorway sets the facts straight on hoax email

The M5 South West Motorway today dismissed a hoax email claiming the motorway has set up secret point-to-point speed cameras.

Rex Wright, General Manager of Interlink Roads, owners and operators of the M5 South West Motorway, confirmed the email, currently circulating in Sydney, is a hoax.

The email falsely claims speed cameras take photos of vehicles entering and exiting the motorway, and based on the time it takes between the two points, issues a fine if the vehicle has travelled too quickly.

“No secret speed camera system operates on the M5 South West Motorway – this is an urban myth,” Mr Wright said.

“There is normal policing of NSW speed limits on the M5 as occurs on the road network generally. We support safe driving and encourage motorists to obey the posted speed limits.”

Westlink Dismisses Hoax Email

19/7/2007

Westlink M7 has dismissed a hoax email currently circulating that claims that the motorway has implemented a secret speed fine based on the time a vehicle enters and exits the motorway.

Rachel Johnson, General Manager of Westlink M7, said that the email was a hoax and that no secret speed enforcement system operates on the Westlink M7.

Westlink supports safe driving and urges all motorists to comply with posted speed limits.

“However, the secret speed fine system detailed in the hoax email does not exist,” Ms Johnson said.

“Speed limits are enforced on the Westlink M7 through the normal policing measures that operate on all NSW roads.”

“Westlink meets regularly with the NSW Highway Patrol.”

Westlink has installed signs that remind motorists that speed cameras are used in NSW.

These are the standard speed camera signs seen on roads across the state and do not mean that any new or secret speed system operates on the Westlink M7.

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:)

[Kevsta]

:P I don't have an e-tag. Does this mean I'm exempt from this. :)

Chain mail ?