10 months on and the drama continues.

May 21st, 2008

speed cameras are effective?

May 20th, 2008
NSW Education Minister John Della Bosca lost his license after racking up seven speeding fines. He told reporters, "I can report that speed cameras are effective" Are they effective at slowing drivers down? Only after being caught the seventh time it… more »

And good morning to you

May 15th, 2008
An email in today from someone called "anominous" ur a faggot, think about what u say before you say it, if you want more police cars on the road why don't you become a policemen and catch people if you want something this big then help out the cause.… more »

No excuse

May 5th, 2008
A couple of pages ago I pointed out that although there are 3 speed limit advisory signs on a relatively minor road at Oyster Bay, there is a distinct lack of them on King Georges rd Beverly Hills, a major ring road. . You can see three 50 signs at this… more »

Backside

April 17th, 2008
Yesterday my wife (or do I have to say partner) and I drove out to Dural to a Bonsai place. Now as you can gather by this site that I have a thing about school zones. Yesterday we traveled through unfamiliar territory,as we live on the other side of… more »

The RTA works in mysterious ways.

April 5th, 2008
Last December I took a photo of the last sign before the North speed camera on King Georges rd. Beverly Hills before you come out of Stoney Creek rd heading west. So if you miss that sign turn right and head north there is no other sign to tell what the… more »

On a Yahoo website.

March 30th, 2008
CASE DISMISSED!!! I was extremely nervous this morning as I prepared for my court case against the Beverly Hills speed camera infringement. I was well equipped though with all my research from the internet and all the useful stats and a great photo of… more »

Wheelclamps

March 30th, 2008
Before the wheelclamps, an answer to an often asked question. Why the santa suit?........ It is to stand out. To be noticed. Any cause no matter how worthwhile, won't happen unless it gets publicity. To get publicity you have to be different to attract… more »

"State of the Art"

March 24th, 2008
To get back to HOME PAGE click on Santa figure at top of page ............................................................... Easter Monday and it's a public holiday. They can tell when Easter falls in the calender for the next thousand years. The RTA… more »

Double demerits

March 20th, 2008
As it's the Easter weekend coming up double demerit points are earned for speeding and seat belt offences as from 12.01am this morning. I stood next to the Beverly Hills (South) speed camera and counted the sensor flashes of cars exceeding the 40 km/ph… more »

Letters @ Daily Telegraph

March 19th, 2008
After I read the aticles about speed cameras I emailed the Telegraph but it wasn't printed this morning. ................................................................... Dear Sir, The twin fixed speed cameras at Beverly Hills were mentioned in your… more »

Motorbikes

March 11th, 2008
The Sunday Telegraph had an article about a plan to have front number plates on motorbikes. This is so that head on speed cameras can take a picture of speeding motorbikes and then being able to fine the rider. There could be a flaw in that little plan,… more »

Wheelclamps are coming

February 27th, 2008
Before the wheelclamps, an answer to an often asked question. Why the santa suit?........ It is to stand out. To be noticed. Any cause no matter how worthwhile, won't happen unless it gets publicity. To get publicity you have to be different to attract… more »

At last common sense.

February 17th, 2008
In the Sunday Telegraph this Morning is a page of articles concerning speed cameras and school zones. "Drivers caught by new speed cameras will receive a warning letter instead of a fine and loss of points."(for the first month of the new cameras being… more »

No reply

February 11th, 2008
I sent this e mail to the roads minister on 4/1/08 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Dear Mr Roozendaal, I emailed you a number of times last September, and was informed in a letter MO7/612 that my concerns " had been… more »

No mention of more flashing lights

February 4th, 2008
I heard on a news report this morning that The pedestian council of Australia's spoksperson has called on Mr Roozendaal to install more speed cameras at school zones. Mr Roozendaal will "have blood on his hands" if he doesn't. Pretty strongs words… more »

Old news is not news

January 31st, 2008
Unless something dramatic happens at a school zone like some poor kid getting run over or a speed camera is BBQ'ued British style I'm afraid the media isn't interested, see: http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2a.htm I emailed the two biggest talk back radio… more »

Are we taken for ninnys?

January 23rd, 2008
I could see years ago (as most people with common sense can), that school zones weren't working as they should and tried to highlight that fact. I could see in July by standing there at Beverly Hills and observing the traffic flow, that once the new… more »

Has School zone santa retired?

January 21st, 2008
NO... but the standing on the roadside waving signs and signs on my van sadly because of family reasons will be no more. My idea written about earlier about staging a 24/7 protest at Beverly Hills with my van showing the "SPEED CAMERA 100M" sign and me… more »

The way to go

January 15th, 2008
The last clipping was a letter I found earlier As I have long stated the need for unmarked police cars to catch the real idiots, I emailed this into the Telegraph and it was printed this morning. The word "bleeding" was left out in front of my "obvious"… more »

Cameras or unmarked police cars ?

January 9th, 2008
A speed camera allows the RTA to send a demand for money to the owner of the speeding number plate. Speed cameras catch the unwary drivers passing through who don't know the speed camera is there, who don't notice the speed camera signs because they are… more »

Welcome aboard

January 8th, 2008
The Sutherland Shire will today see the article about the Beverly Hill speed camera nonsense in the Leader. The response from drivers after the article came out last week in the St george edition of the Leader, hasn't been overwhelming. My idea of… more »

They

January 5th, 2008
There has been, by looking at the web statistics, quite a large number of people that have clicked on for a look, some have emailed aggreement and TWO has offered to shoulder a sign. Not much people power as yet. Could be a that any of the 30,000 caught… more »

People power is needed

January 4th, 2008
This article was in the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader on 3/1/08 Legally it seems that at Beverly Hills the RTA is using the "Default speed", rule. ( RTA User's handbook, page 52 )to counter any drivers claim of lack of speed limit signs So don't… more »

Hunting season coming up?

January 4th, 2008
Brent emailed me and said that "new " cameras heading South had been installed. To check I drove out this morning and no, they are the same, but maybe Brent saw someone straightening the camera "flash" back into a reasonable and working position, as… more »

Graffiti

December 29th, 2007
Bath rd Jannali ......................................................................... I have emailed (June 29) our State Opposition leader, Let's see what his thoughts are on the graffiti curse.… more »

RMS incompentence in Hi-Vis

December 26th, 2007
As speeding is a major cause of the carnage on our roads, why would anybody be interested in helping people who have been caught speeding? If you want to see my feelings about arrogant fools who have no regard for road rules, type highway patrol… more »

Sin no more

December 26th, 2007
I sent this into the Leader on Thurs 26 Nov Dear sir, The Sutherland Shire Mayor Lorrine Kelly recently spoke out about getting tough on graffiti, at a meeting in Gymea with Premier Rees. She said, "That the new graffiti penalties before Parliament… more »

Santa Surgery

December 22nd, 2007
All I wanted at Beverly Hills was more clear signage, an extra flashing light unit on the South bound side of King Georges Rd for school zone time to help passing drivers. I needed a couple of hundred dollars for poster material to get the message to… more »

Change?

December 21st, 2007
Something HAS changed at Beverly Hills. This morning I drove there, luckily the car's an automatic, and the last sign out of Stoney Creek Rd has gone from this to and the North trailer warning sign has done a complete about turn and is now facing the… more »