Saving lives through speed enforcement
Victoria’s road safety camera system has played a critical role in reducing the number of lives lost on our roads.
Speed cameras are one of the most effective tools in the fight against deaths and injuries from collisions. There are three types of speed camera systems – fixed, mobile and point to point.
Mobile speed cameras can be located in response to high risk areas of road trauma, excessive speed complaints or identified areas where speeding is an issue to enforce speed limits.
Fixed safety cameras are placed at signaled intersections and can detect both speed and red-light offences.
A point to point camera system is used on the Hume Highway and Peninsula Link and it measures average speeds over distance.
Road safety cameras are only one tool in the fight against the road toll. Victoria Police has more officers than ever before carry out additional speed enforcement measures using mobile radar laser equipment, high-visibility patrol cars and unmarked vehicles patrol streets, roads and highways to enforce speed limits and help save lives.
Transport Accident Commission (TAC)
