Police are disappointed with the number of motorists detected speeding since the new fixed speed cameras began operating at midday on Tuesday.
State Traffic Support Branch Chief Superintendent Bob Gee said while the majority of drivers adhered to the speed limit, a significant number of motorists continued to risk their lives and the lives of others by exceeding the signed speed limit.
“The M1 at Loganholme is of particular concern where 1,074 vehicles have been detected speeding since midday on Tuesday.”
“The highest speed recorded on Tuesday was 136kmh in this 100kmh zone at 7.08pm. The highest speed recorded yesterday was 135kmh during morning peak hour at 7.24am.
“This location was selected because there had been in excess of 26 speed-related crashes at the site, 20 of which resulted in hospitalisation,” Chief Superintendent Gee said.
“In the past two years, police data shows there has been 39 crashes near this location.”
“The site has been well publicised. There are fixed permanent signs and we have installed an extra temporary sign before the cameras. We have also placed a marked police vehicle at the location for more than nine hours during the first days of operation so that motorists would get the message to slow down as speeding kills and injures people.
“The Traffic Camera Office is processing infringements as fast as it can so that drivers will get the message to slow down. Speeding contributes to about one in four fatal crashes,” Chief Superintendent Gee said.
The number of vehicles detected speeding or disobeying a red light at the new fixed camera locations yesterday were:
Gateway Motorway, Nudgee 26
Waterworks Road, Ashgrove 1
M1, Loganholme 702
“Fixed speed cameras are just one part of the QPS response to improve safety on our roads,” Chief Superintendent Gee said,
“Police will be anywhere, anytime using mobile speed cameras, automatic number plate recognition, random breath and drug testing, static and mobile radar, targeted patrols and intelligence-based operations.
