Drivers behaving badly have one month’s grace before getting fined and losing points if caught by a new red light speed camera at the intersection of Wallarah Rd and Walker Ave, Kanwal.
The new camera will operate in warning mode for a month from December 4 during which time drivers caught speeding or running red lights will be sent a warning letter to encourage them to change their behaviour.
Fines and demerit points will be sent to offending drivers at the end of this period.
Transport NSW’s Safety, Environment and Regulation deputy secretary Sally Webb said the new camera would target red light running and speeding to improve safety for all road users.
“We know that running red lights can lead to serious T-bone crashes or vehicles hitting pedestrians,” Webb said.
“About 30 per cent of red light speed camera offences are from people running red lights so we are addressing this problem head-on.
“In the five years from 2018 to 2022, seven crashes occurred at this intersection and eight people were injured, four seriously.
“Road crashes claimed the lives of 281 people on NSW roads last year with speed the biggest killer.
“This red light speed camera will help to reduce risk in Kanwal.”
Research shows that red light speed cameras dramatically reduce the number of serious crashes on our roads.
“The most recent speed camera review found fatal and serious injury crashes fell by 38 per cent at red light speed camera locations, and pedestrian casualties fell by almost 66 per cent,” Webb said.
Fines from red light speed cameras go directly into the Community Road Safety Fund to deliver targeted road safety initiatives in NSW.
To sign up for alerts to changes in camera locations, visit www.saferroadsnsw.com.au.
Why should people get a months grace when they are breaking the law n risking peoples lives.we live just down the road and we see people running the red light n hoons speeding every day.Very Scary!!!So maniac drivers will really take advantage of it for sure,its a speedway along there.
I agree with Patricia Baldry, if you’re NOT doing the wrong thing you won’t be fined. NO to 1 months grace. That’s the whole of the xmas New Year break to have more accidents and injuries of pedestrians. Start it now!
So, my husband tested it. Set his cruise control to 50km/h. He was 3 metres from the lights when they went orange. He checked his rear view mirror and someone – of course – was right “up his a**e”. If he had of stopped, then he would have been rear ended, so he went through – on exactly 50km/h and the lights were red before he had finished crossing. How is that going to work?