AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2007
Vic: Speed cameras turned on ahead of Easter break
Victoria's premier says he hopes the state will get almost no revenue from speed cameras
.. which have been switched back on along Melbourne's Western Ring Road today.
The cameras have been off for almost three years .. after faults were detected .. and
the government was forced to refund 17 million dollars' worth of fines.
STEVE BRACKS says signs warning drivers about the cameras should give them ample warning
to keep to the speed limit.
Also launched today .. new point-to-point cameras on the Hume Freeway .. north of Melbourne.
Police say the cameras have detected 220 speeding motorists a day .. during tests.
They calculate average driver speed between two points.
The premier's joined forces with police and emergency workers to urge drivers to take
care this weekend.
One person has already died on Victoria's roads during the Easter toll period .. with
a cyclist killed in a collision with a truck in suburban Clayton earlier today.
Three people were killed on Victorian roads last Easter and 114 were seriously injured.
AAP RTV cmb/dk/tm/bart
KEYWORD: EASTER ROADS VIC (MELBOURNE)
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