Gold Coast police target M1 drivers with more speed cameras over Christmas
GOLD Coast drivers with lead feet beware — police are cracking down on rule-breakers over the Christmas period. Here’s how they’ll do it.
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GOLD Coast drivers with lead feet beware — police are cracking down on rule-breakers by doubling the amount of speed camera trailers on the M1 over the Christmas period.
From tomorrow police will ramp up their efforts with a road safety blitz for six weeks.
There have been 12 fatalities on the M1 in six years, with the majority of them on the Gold Coast stretch of the road, according to the Queensland Police Service.
There have also been 250 hospitalisations from crashes.
The 14 speed camera trailers will be placed randomly along the M1 with six to nine monitoring the road at any given time on the Gold Coast.
The cameras will be managed remotely and used in high risk areas, where it is not safe or practical to deploy a police officer.
Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating told the Gold Coast Bulletin motorists had nothing to fear if they followed speed limits.
“We are unveiling an intimate to road safety that is focused on the M1 for Christmas drivers,” he said.
“These trailers are designed to help you stick to the speed limit.
“It was 12 months ago when we launched the speed camera trailers on this road and in that 12 month period we’ve monitored almost four million vehicles.
“We have detected 20,000 drivers who exceeded the speed limit.”
Mr Keating said motorists would see the yellow camera trailers on the roadside for the next six weeks.
“The trailers are very successful because they allow us to deploy resources in a safe way and we do not endanger the motoring public nor the police,” he said.
“We know if every 200 vehicles are exceeding the threshold then that is unsafe and there is a need for more speed cameras.”
The trailers will be positioned in 80km/h to 110km/h zones and will be operational 24 hour a day with vision sent directly to police.
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