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31-03-2010, 01:17pm
From the local fishwrapper"
A new fleet of unmarked vehicles, including four cars and two motorcycles, fitted with speed cameras will be released on Queensland roads in time for the Easter long weekend.
And to decrease the likelihood of their detection, you won't know the plain clothed officers in control have caught you speeding.
Absolutely no details of the vehicles will be made public - not even to Mr Roberts.
"I don't know exactly what they look like because I've not asked to be given a description of them. These vehicles are a range of different types, Mr Roberts said. "I think the uncertainty is a good thing in terms of training driver behaviour"
Up to 30 per cent of mobile speed camera enforcement will now be undertaken covertly, including the use of existing unmarked vans and four-wheel-drive vehicles, which have become easier to detect for those in the know.
Mr Roberts said there would be no advance warning or signs.
"With covert speed cameras now on the roads, motorists will need to consider whether a vehicle parked on the side of the road is fitted with a speed camera, or if the motorcycle they are speeding past is a police motorcycle," Mr Roberts said.
A new fleet of unmarked vehicles, including four cars and two motorcycles, fitted with speed cameras will be released on Queensland roads in time for the Easter long weekend.
And to decrease the likelihood of their detection, you won't know the plain clothed officers in control have caught you speeding.
Absolutely no details of the vehicles will be made public - not even to Mr Roberts.
"I don't know exactly what they look like because I've not asked to be given a description of them. These vehicles are a range of different types, Mr Roberts said. "I think the uncertainty is a good thing in terms of training driver behaviour"
Up to 30 per cent of mobile speed camera enforcement will now be undertaken covertly, including the use of existing unmarked vans and four-wheel-drive vehicles, which have become easier to detect for those in the know.
Mr Roberts said there would be no advance warning or signs.
"With covert speed cameras now on the roads, motorists will need to consider whether a vehicle parked on the side of the road is fitted with a speed camera, or if the motorcycle they are speeding past is a police motorcycle," Mr Roberts said.