Waka Kotahi says new road safety cameras that track a car’s speed over a length of road are way more effective at reducing crashes than fixed spot speed cameras.<\/p>\n
The so-called point-to-point cameras average a vehicle’s speed over the journey between two cameras. They are being installed along stretches of six roads that are considered high-risk crash areas in the Auckland region.<\/p>\n
The cameras will be tested for a while and data gathered before they are used for enforcement and tickets start being issued.<\/p>\n
Waka Kotahi head of regulatory strategic programs Tara Macmillan told\u00a0Checkpoint<\/em>\u00a0on Wednesday she expected\u00a0a 50 percent reduction in the number of people who were seriously injured or killed on the roads they were installed on.<\/p>\n “What you see out on New Zealand roads at the moment is the majority of our cameras are fixed speed cameras – so when you pass that camera, it clocks your speed, and if you’re travelling over the posted speed limit, then you’re at risk of getting an infringement.<\/p>\n “We’re bringing in these new generation cameras that are already getting used internationally, and what these cameras do is they calculate average speed across the length of road between two cameras.”<\/p>\n The twin camera systems will be installed on roads in Warkworth, Dairy Flat, Redvale, Shamrock Park, Karaka and Glenbrook.<\/p>\n This system has proven itself internationally, she said, with research showing they slow drivers down for the entire length of road between the two cameras, rather than just the point where a traditional single speed camera sits.<\/p>\n “Drivers are only ticketed if the average speed over the entire distance between the two cameras is over the limit – so you can’t be pinged by a single camera,” Macmillan explained.<\/p>\n “Typically over the length of an average speed corridor, drivers will ensure that they’re travelling at that speed limit – so we get a reduction in speed typically over that over that full full length. We typically put in at high risk locations on our roads – so where we’ve got kind of windy roads, there are high crashes occurring in multiple locations on a stretch of road and we’re typically seeing people travelling over the posted and speed limit.<\/p>\n “So they’re really effective of reducing crashes over a length of road, and the more crashes that we reduce, the more deaths and serious injuries we avoid.”<\/p>\n They are expected to be operating by December, but for the first four weeks will not issue infringements. Motorists will get a chance to understand where they are and plenty of notice before they start ticketing speeding drivers, Macmillan said.<\/p>\n “This isn’t about catching drivers out. This is about lowering speeds and reducing crashes at these high high risk locations. The cameras will be clearly signposted, and that’s to enable people to get a reminder to check their speed and slow down if necessary.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Waka Kotahi says new road safety cameras that track a car’s speed over a length of road are way more effective at reducing crashes than fixed spot speed cameras. The so-called point-to-point cameras average a vehicle’s speed over the journey between two cameras. They are being installed along stretches of six roads that are considered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8210,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8207\/revisions\/8210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}