Parking Sensor Software Defeats the New WA Police Laser Speed Camera - Vitronic Poliscan Speed
Western Australia 18th April 2011
BLINDER International are the first laser jammer company to crack the new Vitronic Poliscan laser speed camera that was introduced into service in Western Australia late last year. Although the advanced laser system is used in Europe, it's introduction is a first for Australia.
The new laser speed camera is capable to photographing cars from the front or rear which has proved a major pain in the pocket for WA motor bike riders who, up until now, have been above the law, untouched by the previous radar based Multanova speed camera which only took photographs of a front number plate. (Western Australian motor bikes have no front number plate due to safety concerns.)
Although other laser speed camera companies have claimed success, the BLINDER M27 & M47 are the only devices we have proved capable in 45 degree frontal and 45 degree rear speed camera tests.
The Vitronic Poliscan speed camera uses an ultra fast scanning laser to identify speeding cars, even in heavy traffic. The 45 degree angle makes detection of the laser beam much more difficult than hand held laser speed guns which shoot a laser beam straight down the highway. The new software update just released by BLINDER also blocks hand held laser speed guns used in Australia and New Zealand.
The existing radar/laser detectors are useless against laser guns and give no protection from the Vitronic which leaves drivers totally vulnerable to being "shot in the back" from a rear facing speed camera setup.
What makes the BLINDER M7 series so much better than the other brands? Well it's not that they are the original patent owners for laser jammers the world over, but their unique high intensity spread beam design, with multiple transponder heads that make for the ultimate "bullet proof vest" from Australian motorists.
Having seen first hand the effect on a Vitronic Poliscan Speed camera, I'm really impressed - NO FLASH! For Country Western Australian drivers this will mean that motorists can now keep their eyes on the road and not in the bushes, scanning for hidden VP cameras.
In the United States the BLINDER distributor is so confident in the product, they will even pay your fine if you get caught speeding a little over the limit. (USA customers only at this time.)
Although jamming the Vitronic speed camera is unnecessary in most cases, as drivers have time to slow down and turn the unit off. This is not the case with rear facing Vitronic setups which by their nature require full jamming capable system.
The BLINDER M27 will be a "breath of fresh air" for motorcycle riders who have lived in fear of the Vitronic over the laser 5 months.
Things to look out for when buying a laser speed camera interrupter -
- The more laser transponder heads the better. Why? because the VP (Vitronic Poliscan Speed) shoots from strange angles not used by other laser speed detection systems.
- Cost. Other systems cost up to double what the BLINDER 4 x transponder unit will set you back.
- Recommendation. Without our recommendation you know that we have tested the product personally and know that it works :-)
For those of you in other Australian states where jammer jammers are not legal such as Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, you might like to know that the BLINDER M7 series is stealthy enough to avoid detection. When used according to the directions, the M7 series will give nothing away. Besides, laser parking systems are legal in all states of Australia. It's the software that you load onto the system that makes the police hot under the collar.
Driving 10 to 15kms above the limit for a competent, aware, sober driver will not cause any change in statistics. Why? because the limits are set low to accommodate the worst possible driver on the road. It also helps to make great targets out of the rest of us. Available in Australia.
When governments resort to high tech computer systems to steal your money under the guise of "road safety", it's only fair to use high tech computer systems to stop them!
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3 Booked Police Officers Challenging Speed Camera fines in Victoria and Western Australia.
1) March 2011 - A COP challenging a speed camera reading could be the saviour for scores of fined EastLink motorists.
Legal experts have told the Herald Sun that if Senior Constable Faye Pitman is successful, it could cast doubt on the accuracy of the road's cameras and pave the way for the cancellation of other EastLink penalties.
Magistrate Brian Barrow told police prosecutors in Dandenong Magistrates' Court yesterday that the case was not one they would want to lose.
Sen-Constable Pitman is fighting a $146 fine incurred last June after she was caught, while on duty at the wheel of a police car, by a speed camera on the Dandenong bypass bridge in Keysborough.
According to the camera, her speed was 106km/h. It is believed a fellow officer will give evidence she was travelling at 98km/h.
Sen-Constable Pitman's lawyer, John Marquis, told the court he was seeking documents about the camera - including diagnostic reports and error logs - to help prove her case.
Mr Marquis said he would also rely on diagnostics from the police car's cruise control and speedometer.
It is believed Sen-Constable Pitman chose to fight the fine after having the car's speedometer tested by a colleague with a laser speed detector.
Police prosecutor Robert Taylor told the court yesterday he might call an expert to give evidence about the camera's accuracy.
Such challenges are rare owing to the cost of hiring experts, some of whom demand up to $10,000 a case. The relevant camera reaped $4 million worth of fines last year.
2) 10th Feb 2011 - Leading Senior Constable Trevor Bergman will head to the Victoria County Court today, as part of his eight-year battle against the accuracy of a speeding fine.
He is appealing a ticket for doing 54kph in a 50 zone.
The case could have implications for thousands of drivers fined for low-range speeding offences, because cars produced before 2006 had less accurate speedometers.
Mr Ryan says the officer's decision to challenge the fine is not a conflict of interest.
"A serving police officer or whomever is perfectly entitled to go to the court to seek a ruling in relation to his or her rights," he said.
"What then happens, by way of enforcement of the outcome, well we'll see. But I don't see any conflict in that at all." (He recently won his case and the fine was thrown out.)
3) 12th March 2011 - An off duty police officer in Western Australia is also fighting a legal battle this week. His defence is expected to bring in legal experts witnesses from Europe to testify in his bid to beat a very high alleged speed camera reading dating back to late 2010. At present he has been stood down on full pay awaiting the outcome of the court case. If he wins his case, it could cause havoc for the new laser speed cameras introduced recently into Western Australia.
South Australian Covert speed detectors rake in $190,000 to state coffers daily
Police officers sit in a bus stop shelter on Main North Road, Gepps Cross, with a hand-held speed detection device camera to catch speeding motorists. (The stealth Blinder laser jammer works exceptionally well in this type of laser speed trap.)
AdelaideNow - 12th March 2011. THE South Australian State Government is raking in more than $190,000 a day from speeding fines.
This is double the amount from five years ago, a new report says. The fines bonanza was revealed as an AdelaideNow reader snapped a photo of a police officer conducting covert speed detection by hiding in a bus stop.
The University of Adelaide report shows the cost of disregarding speed laws could be edging closer to $100 million annually, after more than 350,000 drivers were caught exceeding the limit in 2009. The majority of reckless motorists were caught by speed cameras (225,732), while red light speed cameras (85,911) and non-camera detections (42,036) hurt the hip pocket. The cost of speeding fines have continued to increase, ranging from $196 for speeding by up to 5km/hour over the limit to $564 for exceeding it by 45km/h or more.
The report says the number of motorists caught between 2008 and 2009 dropped by about 70,000, indicating the Motor Accident Commission "creepers" campaign - aimed at low-level speeders - is having an effect. While the photograph of the officer, standing partially obscured in a bus shelter holding a speed detection camera, would anger drivers, he was using a technique that was not illegal.
Police say speeding is dangerous and often leads to crashes which cause death or serious injuries. "Speeding is one of the 'fatal five' and has been identified as a major cause of fatal and serious injury crashes," Police Traffic Support Branch Acting-Superintendent Stuart McLean said.
"Police use a variety of methods to detect people speeding and make no apologies for this.
"Motorists detected speeding can expect positive action from police." RAA mobility and safety manager Wendy Bevan said it appeared the officer was conducting speed detection in a school zone which was a "good thing" but it would be better if he was more visible. "Our member surveys suggest an overt police presence is the greatest deterrent to speeding," she said. "If the police officer was in the open, that might slow down traffic."
Abuse of Speed Cameras in Western Australia
 Kwinana Freeway under Mill Point Road (North bound) Onramp.
This is a classic example of the WA Police running amuck with their own interpretation of where to site speed cameras and the glaring need for public oversight of speed camera site selection and a speeding fine tolerance limit.
At present site selection is done by the police, which results in speed cameras being located according to the need for a media stunt or speeding tickets numbers, rather than for safety issues and road conditions. (As seen on TV recently - Police bragging about the high number of speeding drivers caught at this location.)
This constantly used 80km/h mobile speed camera site under the Mill Point Road overpass on the Kwinana Freeway South Perth, is located just 200m from the 100km/h speed zone change. The siting of the 100km/h zone change occurs 200 metres later than where it should be situated, setting up motorists to be ambushed in a perfect entrapment.
The 80km/h speed zone restriction is fine for peak hour traffic, but outrageously out of place under light traffic conditions. Unfortunately, the Main Roads Department of Western Australia has not introduced electronic speed zone signs to alter traffic speed to suit the traffic volume and road conditions at different times of the day.
New speed camera snaps 8000 drivers
A single speed camera clocked more than 8000 motorists speeding in about 7 1/2 hours on the Kwinana Freeway this week, with close to 3000 fines expected to be issued because of the operation. The new digital dual-lens camera was next to the Mill Point Road exit of the freeway monitoring southbound traffic for several hours on Monday and Tuesday.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Michelle Fyfe said yesterday that on Monday, between 8.50am and 11.30am, the camera had monitored 5588 vehicles and found that 3522 had exceeded the 80km/h speed limit. On Tuesday, the camera measured the speed of 8759 vehicles between 8.50am and 1.35pm and found that 4791 were speeding.
Mrs Fyfe said police expected to issue close to 3000 speeding fines from just over the seven hours that the camera was in operation at that location. She said that while most vehicles caught speeding were travelling between 81km/h and 90km/h, one driver was doing 123km/h. Mrs Fyfe said police had been shocked by the big proportion of motorists who were speeding. (You mean pissing themselves laughing!!) "I have never seen such a high incidence of exceeding the speed limit in one (speed camera) deployment," she said. I am shocked. This is appalling behaviour by the road users of WA. (No it's as appalling underhanded "thumb on the scales of justice," designed to get maximum media coverage. It's unreasonable to expect people not to speed close to a zone change up to 100km/h.)
"We're talking about business hours - people driving to and from work. So these are people that have made a conscious decision to exceed the speed limit." Meanwhile, traffic lights which remain red and only turn green when a vehicle approaches are set to be tested on WA roads in an effort to reduce speeding and crashes at traffic light intersections. (Great, I'm sure that will do wonders for your mileage and the environment. "Why not put in some speed humps, just for fun!)
A Main Roads spokesman said a project had begun to develop and potentially trial "dwell on red" traffic signal technology, in which all traffic lights stay red until a vehicle approaches and triggers sensors which activate a green light. It is understood that the State Government believes the technology would be most effective late at night and in the early hours of the morning, when traffic was not heavy and drunk and reckless driving was more prevalent. The spokesman said "dwell on red" traffic signals had been shown in other jurisdictions to reduce vehicle speeds at intersections.
"This has the potential to reduce not only the number of crashes but also the severity of crashes," the spokesman said. The project was in the development phase which would include the assessment of crashes, identifying locations where the technology would be best used and designing the software.
Liberal Govt Declares War on WA Motorists with Hidden Van Cameras
After calling for visible warning signs in front of speed cameras some years ago to now introducing hidden speed cameras in vehicles is quite an about-face for the WA Premier Colin Barnett. Nice trick to play on WA motorists! What happened to Mr Barnett's dim view of covert speed cameras?
10th March 2011 - The West Australian, Speed cameras hidden in parked police vans are being rolled out across WA as part of an aggressive speed enforcement strategy. Inspector Colin Murray said a trial of the new tactic had been successful and police had two vans equipped with cameras on the road, with plans to introduce four more vans in the coming months.
Insp. Murray said the van based devices were more efficient than the usual roadside cameras because they were constantly set up and ready for use.
Police Minister Rob Johnson said "Individuals need to realise that when they choose to speed, they are risking not only their own live but the lives of other road users," he said. "My advice is simple - don't speed and you won't be fined."
(Yep! the mantra never changes. Real simple - Real basic - Real stupid.)
Driving a few km's over the limit is NOT risking the lives of any road users. So why target the majority of petty breaches? Because making revenue makes great sense to simple minded politicians.
Challenge to the Premier of Western Australia
We call on the Premier of Western Australia to introduce a "Speed Camera Site Selection Panel" made up of an equal number of WA motorists as police or government representatives.
Their tasks being -
1) To raise the speeding tolerance from 1km/h to 8km/h before a speeding ticket is issued. Presently the official tolerance in WA is a laughable 1km/h.
2) The selection of speed camera sites should to be based upon fairness to road users as well as road safety criteria, there-by ending the use of speed zone anomalies to unfairly target motorists.
3) There should be a process by which motorists can complain about incorrectly speed restricted roads and have those roads re-assessed based on the number of complaints.
4) Speed cameras should be used to target 15% to speeding motorists, not to demonize and tax 95% of the motoring public.
We call on the Premier of Western Australia to introduce a "Speed Camera Site Selection Panel" made up of an equal number of WA motorists as police or government representatives. |
Issues to be considered:
- The distance that speed cameras can be sited before a speed zone change?
- The minimum distance that the police can setup multiple speed cameras on one road.
- Should speed cameras be sited at the bottom of a hill? If so, what tolerance would be fair and reasonable for the road conditions?
- Is the speed limit for the area too low for the road conditions resulting is an unfair application of the law.
- Should speed camera sites be given an individual speeding tolerance set according to certain criteria?
- Should speeding 10km/h over the limit at 3.00am in very light traffic be treated differently than at 4.00pm under heavy road traffic conditions?
- Sign postings at speed camera traps.
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A police spokesman said, "This type of Tom foolery will not be tolerated. How can we keep the roads safe with this type of non-sense happening all over Victoria. Besides, it should have been a Walt Disney Wall-e costume." |
Doncaster man quizzed over speed camera pranks
DONCASTER police have questioned a man they believe to be responsible for the recent “S-cam” speed camera prank.
Sen-Constable Steve Warr said a 27-year-old Doncaster man had been interviewed and could face two separate charges for interfering with traffic cameras.
“It’s illegal to tamper with the machines and we will not tolerate that behavior,” Sen-Constable Warr said.
At the time, the anonymous prankster said turning the cameras into “street art” was not vandalism on grounds that it was doing them no damage.
Sen-Constable Warr said the act was promoting a negative road safety message. |
Victorian Police Ministers Caught Speeding
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Jan 31st 2011 - JUST days after being sworn in as Victoria's police minister, Peter Ryan was clocked speeding in Melbourne. Mr Ryan says he was caught speeding in a street near the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville. Normally we would take some pleasure in politicians getting caught up in this nightmare of their own making, but it appears that Peter Ryan might be the one politician that gets what is wrong with the use of speed cameras in Victoria. |
Mr Ryan has asked Auditor-General Des Pearson to review the performance of fixed and mobile speed cameras.
The weekly locations of mobile cameras will soon be available on a website and a road safety camera commissioner will be appointed to monitor the operation of the speed and red-light camera network.
WA Minister Troy Buswell Caught Speeding 3 x in 6 Months
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NEW Transport Minister Troy Buswell has been exposed as a serial driving offender, with revelations he has been caught speeding three times in the past six months and has previously lost his licence.
An investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed Mr Buswell, who along with Police Minister Rob Johnson is responsible for road safety, was caught speeding at least five times in the past five years.
One of those offences was just a few weeks after he was returned to Premier Colin Barnett's ministry in December. |
The Opposition said Mr Buswell's driving record made a mockery of attempts to cut the road toll, as the State Government poured about $500 million a year into road safety and $30 million towards new speed cameras.
This morning, Opposition Transport spokesman Ken Travers called for Mr Buswell to be stripped of the transport portfolio.
PolicSpeedCameras.info - If you drive in Western Australia, you are going to get caught speeding not matter who you are! Why? Because the system targets 95% of safe drivers instead of 15% of idiots travelling well above the speed limit. There is no shame in getting caught speeding in WA, only same for those Ministers who don't bother to change the system when it clearly doesn't target the right group of WA motorists. Driving a 0-9 km/h over the speed limit isn't a criminal offence (even if the system treats you like a criminal).
In years gone by, police officers had a conscience and only issued infringements above 9km/h over the speed limit. Automated ticket machines don't have a conscience and can target every driver, and not lose any sleep over it.
"A survey of other state ministers by The Sunday Times this week revealed Health Minister Kim Hames was fined $75 for driving 0-9km/h over the speed limit just before Christmas.
Sports Minister Terry Waldron was fined $75 for speeding on Albany Highway in September, while Mines Minister Norman Moore confirmed he had lost his licence "in connection to a speeding-related offence in 1968".
Mr Colin Barnett and his Liberal Party should fix the speed camera system as they said they would. The shame for the Liberal Party is that the system is unfair and they haven't done a thing to fix it, only make it worse!
Victorian Speed Camera Secrecy Lifted.
Herald Sun 10th Feb 2011
SILLY secrecy surrounding Victoria's speed camera system has been lifted, but the signs are still confusing.
Veteran traffic cop Trevor Bergman has proved this in his eight-year battle to have a speeding fine overturned after being clocked at 54km/h in a 50km/h zone.
Yesterday, the County Court accepted that signs in the street where he was travelling were inadequate. Hundreds of other drivers were also booked in the street and should have their fines refunded.
Police Minister Peter Ryan needs to include a review of changing speed zones in his audit of the speed-camera system.
The cameras were regarded by the former Labor government as a revenue raiser not to be interfered with.
Mr Ryan, however, accepts that motorists should be told where the cameras are located and is considering having them painted in easily seen colours.
The Herald Sun has started publishing a list of mobile speed-camera locations every Monday. This has done much to restore public faith in a system that proved increasingly controversial as motorists were forced to pay fines from cameras they never saw.
Now, there is no excuse for being caught on camera. But Mr Ryan can win another thumbs-up from the motoring public by ensuring speed zones are clearly signposted. Victoria's traffic system needs to be equally transparent, not dollar hungry.
Middle East NSW contract for speed cameras for Redflex Traffic Systems
RED light and speed camera operator Redflex Traffic Systems has won a staggering $30 million contract to operate almost 500 cameras in the Middle East.
Redflex, operating red light, safety cameras and mobile speed cameras across NSW, will supply, install and maintain fixed speed camera systems for police in the United Arab Emirates.
The company said it had won a contract worth more than $5 million, part of a deal which would generate about $30 million.
"The contract is a key milestone for our success in the Middle East and we look forward to a long and successful relationship with the Abu Dhabi police," said general manager Ricardo Fiusco.
Redflex has its main operations in the US with other contracts in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. |
