High-risk roads near schools and roadworks in Queensland will soon have increased levels of safety and monitoring when the government begins deploying high-tech pop-up cameras to target drivers disobeying road signs through these areas.
State Transport Minister Mark Bailey announced that the “world-first” portable speed cameras will be set up at random sites, moved around at random times, and go live on Sep. 9.
“These cameras will pop up in high-risk locations next month so I am giving Queenslanders fair warning that these can be anywhere, anytime,” Bailey said in a statement on Aug. 21.
Significant driver data will be collected from the speed cameras, according to Louise Van Ristell, CEO of peak motoring and traffic body, the Traffic Management Association of Australia….