3700 motorists beat the fixed M1 speed camera at Loganholme

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3700 motorists beat the fixed M1 speed camera at Loganholme and avoid speeding fines

by: Heidi Braithwaite, Logan West Leader
From: Quest Newspapers
February 24, 20121:54PM









More than 3700 speeding drivers have escaped a fine despite being captured by the Loganholme M1 fixed speed camera.

A Right To Information report obtained by the Leader revealed 3756 tickets were not issued between August and October last year because the vehicle or driver could not be identified by the camera.

Of 10 fixed speed/red light cameras across Brisbane, the Loganholme cameras failed identifications outnumbered all others by more than four times, with the next closest on the Gateway Motorway at Nudgee which recorded 438.

Acting Chief Superintendent Dale Pointon said the Loganholme location was selected and went live in August last year after more than 26 speed-related crashes at the site.

It was also revealed last year that 600 motorists were being booked at this location every day, with more than 36,000 drivers detected speeding in just two months.














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Logan District Traffic Branch Senior Sergeant Scott Lacey said there was a strict adjudication system in place and that if in doubt, drivers did not receive a fine.

He said the fixed speed cameras would continue to complement mobile enforcement programs in the area.

RACQ senior traffic and safety engineer Greg Miszkowycz said he did not consider 3756 a high number of unidentifiable vehicles given the volume of traffic which used the M1 at Loganholme every day.

He said the RACQ supported the use of fixed cameras but that there were certain limitations associated with automated processes.

He said the angle of the camera, its location on an elevated platform and dirty or dented number plates could all make identification difficult.

Mr Miszkowycz said the fine for having an illegible or obscured number plate was currently $320.