Just in response to a "lively discussion" a few weeks ago here
"Point-to-point speed cameras will be introduced in NSW, but Roads Minister Michael Daley vows they'll only be used to target trucks and not cars.
The cameras will be installed on 20 stretches of road, covering distances as short as two kilometres and as long as 80km.
Mr Daley said heavy vehicles remained over-represented in fatal crashes. Speed was all too often the cause.
Heavy vehicles made up about 2.6 per cent of all vehicles on the road, yet were involved in almost 20 per cent of road fatalities, he said.
Mr Daley said a Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) survey of major freight routes in 2005 found 51 per cent of heavy vehicles exceeded the speed limit.
Nearly seven per cent of those exceeded the limit by more than 15km/h, it found.
"There's no place for cowboys on our roads, and this new technology will catch them out," Mr Daley said in a statement on Monday.
Point-to-point cameras calculate the time it takes a truck to drive between two points, thus determining if the vehicle was speeding over that stretch of road.
Mr Daley insists there is no plan to introduce the speed cameras to target cars in the future.
"I have no plans to introduce it for anything other than heavy vehicles," he told Macquarie Radio.
"Light vehicles are not under the same commercial imperatives that heavy vehicles are."
Mr Daley dismissed suggestions the point-to-point system is a form of revenue-raising, saying it will cost the government $5 million a year to operate, even after any revenue from fines.
He said the system would require some changes to legislation, and it was hoped that all 20 sites would be operational within two years.
An awareness campaign will be launched to inform truckies about the change. During an initial two-month period on each stretch of road covered by the cameras, drivers will get a warning letter instead of a fine."
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