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Updated Precommissioned list

28 July, 2010 (09:40) | ccc | By: admin

It looks like a few are reading this site now and the listed list is slowly changing with a few sites dropping off the Precommissioned status
Does this mean they are now live and working towards our road safety?

List (27.07.10) Roughly 60 sites now, down from 80

PRE-COMMISSIONED SITES AWAITING IMPLEMENTATION TO LIVE ENVIRONMENT 
 Camera Location   At Intersection   Suburb 
 Blackshaws Rd   Millers Road   Altona Nth 
 Bayswater Rd   Mountain Hwy   Bayswater  
 Centre Rd   Warrigal Road   Bentleigh East 
 Canterbury Rd   Station Street   Box Hill 
 Springvale Rd   Cheltenham Road   Braeside 
 Prospect Hill Rd   Burke Road   Camberwell 
 Nicholson St   Princes St    Carlton 
 Nicholson St   Elgin Street   Carlton 
 Warrigal Rd   Batesford Road   Chadstone 
 Warrigal Rd   Centre Dandenong Road   Cheltenham 
 Munro St   Sydney Road   Coburg 
 Hoddle St   Johnston St    Collingwood 
 South Gippsland Hwy   Thompsons Rd   Cranbourne North 
 Foster Street   McCrae Street   Dandenong 
 Victoria Street   Doncaster Rd    Doncaster 
 Victoria Street   Doncaster Road   Doncaster 
 Heath’tn Rd   Monash Fwy   Doveton 
 Heath’tn Rd   Monash Fwy   Doveton 
 Hoddle St   Wellington Pde   East Melbourne 
 Princes Hwy   Sth Gippsland Fwy   Eumemmerring 
 Geelong Rd   Droop Street   Footscray 
 Epsom Rd   Smithfield Road   Kensington 
 Denmark St   Kew Junction   Kew 
 Denmark St   Barkers Road   Kew 
 Canterbury Rd   Colchester Rd   Kilsyth South 
 Geelong Street   Geelong Road   Kingsville 
 Sturt St   Gillies St   Lake Gardens 
 Stud Rd   Heatherton Rd   Lake Gardens 
 Ballarat Rd   Churchill Ave   Maidstone 
 Ballarat Rd   Ashley St   Maidstone 
 Dandenong Rd   Warrigal Rd   Malvern East 
 St Kilda Road   Kings Way   Melbourne 
 Swan St   Batman Ave    Melbourne 
 Exhibition St   Victoria St   Melbourne 
 Maribyrnong Rd   Mt Alexander Rd   Moonee Ponds 
 Princes Hwy   Elonera Rd   Noble Park North 
 Maroondah Hwy   Springvale Road   Nunawading 
 Warrigal Rd   North Road   Oakleigh  
 Dandenong Rd   Clayton Road   Oakleigh East 
 Cemetery Rd   Royal Parade   Parkville 
 Punt Rd   High Street   Prahran 
 Bell St   St Georges Road   Preston 
 Albert St   Gower Street   Preston 
 Wyndham Street   High St   Shepparton 
 Punt Road   Commercial Road   South Yarra 
 Punt Rd   Toorak Rd   South Yarra 
 Fitzroy St   Princes Street   St Kilda 
 Barkly Street   Carlisle Street   St Kilda 
 City Rd   Montague St   Sth Melbourne 
 Kings Rd   Melton Hwy   Taylors Lakes 
 Mahoneys Rd   High St   Thomastown 
 Burwood Hwy   Springvale Rd   Vermont South 
 Burwood Hwy   Stud Rd   Wantirna South 
 Raglan Pde   Mahoneys Rd   Warrnambool 
 Grimshaw St   Macorna Street   Watsonia North 
 Spencer St   Dudley Street   West Melbourne 
 Lincoln Cwy   Hume Hwy ramps   Wodonga 
 Williamstown Rd   Somerville Rd   Yarraville 

 

PDF here
precommissioned_cameras_20100727.pdf?

So whats the go?

Where’d all the money go?

18 July, 2010 (14:53) | ccc | By: admin

When is a safety camera not a safety camera?

When the bloody lot are not turned on!!!

 Here’s the PDF, print it out and share it with everyone
                 PDF – precommissioned_cameras_ccc 

Straight from the GovInc’s own PR website http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/CCC/ccc/home (catchy name huh? they should have gone for….) we get this speil;

Locations of precommissioned cameras
July 7, 2010
locations+of+precommissioned+cameras

You can now find out the locations of precommissioned fixed digital safety cameras which are awaiting implementation.
While in precommissioned status the cameras are put through stringent testing. These cameras may flash and look as though they are operating, but this is merely part of the testing; they are not recording infringements yet. Visit the Camera Information page for more details about precommissioned cameras, camera testing, and to download the list of locations.

And if we venture there today we get this file Current Precommissioned Camera Locations (Excel, 27KB).
We have saved a copy here – precommissioned_cameras.xls

 

or http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/d3175c00430c1b9d8f4ddf4f501887b2/precommissioned_cameras_20100714.xls
which ever works,

the full list is after the jump (please read more)

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Are you’s a Hoon?

23 June, 2010 (11:52) | ccc | By: admin

Motorcyclist, the worst on the road? Not by a long shot.
Just look at hoons on rant radio or tv (top gear etc).

Today has another dull story about motorbike riders doing this or that.
theage.drive.com.au police-blast-motorcycle-hoons
3aw.com.au time-for-motorbike-crackdown

Time to look in your own backyard Neil

Amazingly this goons video proof is STILL online
http://thomasrdotorg.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-ego-video.html

Goin’ nowhere, fast.

14 May, 2010 (09:49) | ccc | By: admin

Well, it seems the testers’ calibrated vehicles are still going even when they aren’t moving.
Here is 2 sets of pix of the ‘independent’ testing vehicle with speed still showing even thou stationary (we have video of the van too).

Comments welcome

Breaking News

10 May, 2010 (06:00) | ccc | By: admin

Again CCC is ahead of the pack

Several court cases have been put off until a serious case is heard at the Dandy Magi Court
All cases before the end of July have been adjourned and something big is brewing

expect the rest of the media to follow up soon

Please leave comments or contact us if you have more info

ed 14/05/10 - seems Rant Radio has stumbled upon this case
unsure if its the exact case but they have mentioned a Traffic cop is contesting their case (Trevor Bergman)

Digging deeper

20 February, 2010 (12:43) | ccc | By: admin

It seems that the DoJ have rejigged their server structure and existing linkys has stopped working
http://www.justice.vic.gov.au//wps/wcm/connect/Road+Safety/resources/file/?C=M;O=D
Then again many parts of the site also dont work at all.

Here is a few bits and pieces of useful stuff

Vic Law regarding digital cameras etc
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/b12e276826f7c27fca256de50022686b/1B724B5FD0A8DD93CA2576670035335B/$FILE/09-115sr001.pdf

SGS blurb
http://www.sgs.com/speed_camera_calibration_and_verification_services?serviceId=10090434&lobId=5537

VicGov admission of errors (WRR etc)
http://www.sgs.com/auto_speed_camera_testing_media_release.pdf
Good for future reference for the ‘dont speed, dont get fined’ brigade

Trapster for the masses.

14 February, 2010 (14:57) | ccc | By: admin

By now many would have heard about Trapster

 

trapster.com

Simple and accurate,  local infomation giving you Speed /Redlight Cameras , Police on patrol and many other road hazards that you are better to be well informed about rather than covert revenue raising.

It’s simple to join up and free to download and install on a range of phones (including the iPhone and most SmartPhones)

Watch this video for CCC cameo -    Ch7 Trapster (6mb)

and audio from RantRadio (3YawN) this morn – ccc_3awBreakfast_trapster
(Of course we know all trapster points are verified by the Community, and any intentionally wrong points are easily removed)

;)

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Tweet Tweet Flash.

4 January, 2010 (20:15) | ccc | By: admin

Hot off the internet comes a live twitter feed with locations of Mobile Speed Cameras.

http://www.twitter.com/melbspeeDcams

Until recently the monthly locations were regularly published on the GovInc website.
It seems now they dont want you to know where is (or is not) safe.

Luckily we have them here for you.
MobileLocationsDec2009.pdf

Google still has a Google cache

We will try to keep the monthly list public, just like their Mobile Camera policy

EDIT – They’re back
January 2010 Mobile locations

How fast are you going???

10 December, 2009 (11:00) | ccc | By: admin

Continuing on from previous issues with SGS cars speeding on open roads we now have more video of the SGS test car driving at high speed to complete laps thru the test sites.
Remember these are open roads and a local street limit of 50 or less.

The test cars now turn off their taco when not actually driving thru the test zone, but they seem not to slow down (or care for the limits).
SGS1
SGS2

P1040238
SGS-1 in the mirror

P1040223
SGS-1, apparently doing 0.0km/h turning the corner…

Hi. Ho. Hi. Ho. It’s off to court we go…

10 December, 2009 (09:00) | ccc | By: admin

Today sees several members off to court for a mention case against the Eastlink fines.

Hopefully they will be seen and the case dropped

Rumour has it that many many are going thru the courts now and many cases are dropped :)

Updates soon, meanwhile here is tonights news report on the cases.
CH9 news

Exclusive – Vicroads backflip on GPS use

17 October, 2009 (21:16) | ccc | By: admin

***UPDATE 191009 2pm***

Seems like its a win for common sense
http://www.roadrules.vicroads.vic.gov.au/14_rule_using_mobile_phones_and_visual_display_units.html 

  • Changes to the new mobile phone rules
    The new mobile phone rules have been revised. The change now allows both the navigational (GPS) and audio/music functions of a mobile phone to be used, provided the mobile phone is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.

More after the jump
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Just like most roads ministers, it’s amazing that they all talk large with little vocal opposition, but when they need to do a backflip they run a mile from being public.

Today we have discovered that the 10years revision on the Vic Road Rules (already 12months out of date) have had some significant changes slipped in.
Changes have been made to the wording and direction concerning the use of GPS on a mobile/smart phone.

Mobile phones
Using a mobile phone while driving to make or receive a phone call or listen to audio/music is prohibited except if the phone:
is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle,
or
can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone.
Using a mobile phone as a GPS while driving is prohibited except if it is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.

All other functions (including video calls, texting and emailing) are prohibited.

palm-pre-gps-navigation

New Legislation here 
this is THE rule – www.bit.ly/RoadRules2009
Full link (PDF) – Legislation.vic.gov.au/09-094sr.pdf

But Vicroads reading of the fine print is a mess.

Original 
14_rule_using_mobile_phones_and_visual_display_units.html
14_faq_using_mobile_phones_and_visual_display_units.html

Revised changes (17.10.09)
14_rule_using_mobile_phones_and_visual_display_units.html
14_faq_using_mobile_phones_and_visual_display_units.html

PDF copy of pages – mobile_gps.pdf

 

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Exclusive – Redlight camera faulty

16 October, 2009 (00:01) | ccc | By: admin

Here we go again.
Another faulty camera happily snapping away at fresh air.

Thanks to contributor Bobman we have this video proving that these cameras can and do get it wrong


 

Location map
Thomas Street and North Road Ormond.

This issue was picked up by Rant Radio 3YawN as well
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/3aw-breakfast-blog/video-snap-happy-speed-camera/20091016-gzk7.html

Finally an update, next week

2 October, 2009 (15:04) | ccc | By: admin

After many months of people complaining about the Eastlink cameras and incorrect fines there seems to be a revival of the topic on Melbourne’s Rant Radio – 3YawN next week (Monday apparently)

Here’s some of what’s been going on recently.

Eastlink Site Certificates have recently been updated on the DoJ website
Sadly there is no new information in the pdfs. Why bother to re-upload the files (with new creation dates) if the certificates are the same?

Direct links (as of 13.09.09)
Eastlink-Rowville-Southbound-WellingtonRoadBridge.pdf
Eastlink-Rowville-Northbound-WellingtonRoadBridge.pdf
Eastlink-Keysborough-Southbound-DandenongBypassBridge.pdf
Eastlink-Keysborough-Northbound-DandenongBypassBridge.pdf

Remember these sites were last ‘tested’ on August 11 2009
http://www.camerascutcrashes.com.au/?p=269
Why cant the information be renewed  little quicker?
Many drivers are relying on this paperwork and delays do nothing to resolve their case.

Information contained is stale
Pdfs were refreshed on the Doj site – 13.09.09
Pdfs modified – 19.08.09

Test dates also vary, note the serials are also changing.

Location Lane Date Serial (DRCS-P) DCU Ant
Rowville Southbound L1 03.02.09 0038 0492 0492
  L1 01.04.09 0042 0473 0473
  L2 19.02.09 0046 0282 0271
  L2 01.04.09 0044 0487 0487
  L3 01.04.09 0006 0265 0265
  L3 12.02.09 0033 0269 0269
  Emerg 04.02.09 0035 0358 0358
  Emerg 01.04.09 0041 0491 0491
           
Rowville Northbound L1 04.03.09 0028 0464 0434
  L1 17.04.08 0028 0464 0434
  L2 02.04.09 0002 0287 0287
  L2 14.04.08 0036 0465 0465
  L3 31.03.09 0004 0279 0279
  L3 22.04.08 0018 0425 0442
  Emerg 05.03.09 0029 0498 0278
  Emerg 14.04.08 0029 0498 0278

More news and updates after the jump. 

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