So you’ve just got the Infringement Notice!

You suspected it was coming, because you noticed a flash just as you were fully engaged in the task of driving safely by concentrating on the traffic conditions around you and not the speedo.

You Feel Badly Done By?

The problem is, the system is carefully calibrated to make the pursuit of justice as intimidating as possible. The average citizen simply doesn’t have time to devote to seeking justice, or the money to engage a legal professional to act on their behalf.

For the average law abiding citizen, it’s much easier to simply pay the fine and get on with life, leaving the Government and the Traffic Branch rubbing their hands with glee and trying to tell us that it’s all in a good cause to save lives. The Qld. Auditor General puts the lie to that:

Its enforcement activities have helped reduce speed-related crashes—but over the last 12 years has not further reduced speed-related fatal crashes. 

QAO – Road safety – traffic cameras Report 2: 2015-16 page 19