Speed camera signage to return to NSW roads after government backflip | Rabe9 & LucyCormack
Roads Minister Natalie Ward on Monday announced the government would reintroduce signage before and after mobile speed cameras just“This is an opportunity for us as a government to demonstrate that we are listening to the community, taking that feedback on board,” Ward said.“So from January 1 you will see all mobile speed camera vehicles having those signs before and after the cars on every road.”
Former transport minister Andrew Constance for months resisted the push from the opposition, arguing the measure would save lives.marking the mobile speed camera vehicles Asked whether Monday’s announcement was a capitulation to the opposition, which has been campaigning to remove the signs since the Berejiklian government introduced the policy in 2020, Ward said it showed the government was listening to the community.
The government in 2020 cited modelling from Monash University Accident Research Centre that suggested removing signage could save between 34 and 43 lives, and prevent around 600 serious injuries in NSW each year.
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