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Old 11-10-2005, 12:09 PM   #1
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ive just been told that you cant use any type of speed camera warning device : whats the law with these in oz? can you use anything else?

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Old 11-10-2005, 12:15 PM   #2
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ive just been told that you cant use any type of speed camera warning device : whats the law with these in oz? can you use anything else?
No the law prohibits use of Radar Detection devices, Road angel is a GPS position indicator and entirely legal, as is a UBD directory with all the fixed speed and red-light camera locations listed.
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:18 PM   #3
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ive just been told that you cant use any type of speed camera warning device : whats the law with these in oz? can you use anything else?

Come over to the West Donkey got one mounted in the car Doesn't mean you can use warp speed down the Tonkin HWY but it's nice to know where they are hiding the little F#@*ers. :Reverend:
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:22 PM   #4
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ive just been told that you cant use any type of speed camera warning device : whats the law with these in oz? can you use anything else?
Are you allowed rader detectors in GB?
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:25 PM   #5
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o yeah i know u can drive at a safe speed and the money grabbing machine can get you.where are the cameras usually then? on bridges etc? in england now they warn you about them 99% of the time.stupid people cause accidents not speed.
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:27 PM   #6
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yes im sure you are :eclipsee_ in italy and france your not tho they take it off you and give you a fine of up to $1000.
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:29 PM   #7
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Mate i wish we still had them here, but they were depriving the govt of revenue,so goodbye radar detectors...
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:36 PM   #8
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i dont want to insult people but in europe everyone sticks to the inside lane when not overtaking so it leaves space for people.i was shocked when i first saw someone here overtake on the inside it blocks up the roads and is more dangerous.Im not saying everyone does it but lots do its insane if everyone just stuck to that rule the roads would 10x better.One good thing is that people stick to the speed limit all the time which is good.
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:48 PM   #9
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SOP here mate get use to it. perhaps we are not as regimented as europe..
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Old 11-10-2005, 01:03 PM   #10
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It only tells you were FIXED speed cameras are and black spots, pretty useless in all reality if you ask me.

Don't speed = no problem :Reverend:
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Old 11-10-2005, 01:08 PM   #11
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they can tell you where mobile cameras are too click this
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Old 11-10-2005, 01:12 PM   #12
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Thats the UK one, radar dectors are illegal in nearly all of australia, so that info aint no good to us.
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Old 11-10-2005, 01:31 PM   #13
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Old 11-10-2005, 06:53 PM   #14
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come over to wa- they are still legal here
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After having a chance to drive on GB motorways and German autobahns, I can only share donkeylover's dream: KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING! :
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YES Steve D, and IF Italy and France confiscate radar detectors, WHO CARES? What considering their respective 130km/h AND 150km/h speed limits, the latter applying on some 3-lane autostradas.


This is how one 'keeps left', its the same diagram we'll have in the NSW driver manual in time, we carry the same text now.

http://www.td.gov.hk/road_safety/roa...ays_/index.htm
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Old 12-10-2005, 02:42 PM   #17
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Should we start a big keep left rally and tour oz?
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Old 12-10-2005, 05:10 PM   #18
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ive just been told that you cant use any type of speed camera warning device : whats the law with these in oz? can you use anything else?
Mmm... Highbeams... :Reverend:
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Old 12-10-2005, 07:02 PM   #19
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i was meaning another gps type thing sat nav + speed camera in one..thought the law might be different with something like that.Only car i can afford is a very slow one so they wont catch me speeding anyway.
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