Joel Hendon

First Batch of Sydney’s Safety Cameras Expected To Net $20,000 Per Day


Posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

Sydney, Australia authorities are installing 10 safety cameras across the city to catch speeders and other law breakers, such as running red lights. They plan to install up to 200 of them over the next four years.

The city ventured into this project slowly and installed only one to begin with at the corner of Cumberland Highway and St. Johns Road in Canley Heights. To their surprise, it has collected more than $2,000 per day in fines. According to the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, the one camera has captured 785 violators with fines amounting to $265,330 between January 19 and May 30.

Based on these figures, the city expects the 10 cameras to produce $20,280 when all are operational. It is difficult for them to place an estimate on revenue expectations from the entire plan. However, they say they collected some $291 million dollars fines during the last financial year and based on the increased activity in their trials, they anticipate that to reach some $428 million next year.

The city has had cameras for several years but not these advanced digital models which are highly technical and produce more and better data much quicker than the other methods.

The additional revenue is not the prime reason for the new technology according to ATR officials but safety is their prime purpose. A number of crashes occur daily in Sydney with frequent fatalities.

The moral of this story is, observe the speed limit when visiting Sidney.

Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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