I believe they have this in Europe as well. My TomTom GPS navigation system will tell you when you are approaching one (as a for-fee service) so that you will know to slow down.
On Friday, June 01, 2007, at 01:37PM, "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >A number of Australian states have fashioned a whole new art of traffic ticket >revenue. In New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory(ACT), and >Victoria, roads are equipped with speed cameras. The cameras are linked to >radar, and vehicles exceeding the speed limit get their license plates >photographed and their vehicle, anyway, charged with speeding violations. > >Quoting Michael Palumbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Yes, except that all road signs would have to be paid for by the states, >> not by federal highway tax dollars (if I understand the National Highway >> System Designation Act of 1995 correctly). >> >> Reducing the speed limit would do nothing except allow more tickets to >> be issued. Here in Philadelphia, none of the roads have a higher speed >> limit than 90 km/h (55 MPH), yet everyone drives at closer to 120 km/h, >> and I've seen people blow past me at over 180. The whole system is >> rigged to issue more tickets. >> >> And people wonder why I take trains everywhere whenever possible. ;) >> >> -Mike >> >> Jason Darfus wrote: >> > I'm starting to hear in the media talk of reducing the nationwide speed >> > limit to 55 (or 60) mph again. >> > Heads up -- wouldn't that be a perfect time to switch to metric speed >> > limit signs? >> > >> >> > > >-- >Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >Public Relations Director >U.S. Metric Association, Inc. >Phone (432)528-7724 >www.metric.org >3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 >Midland TX 79707-2872 USA >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten > > > >
