Talk about milking a cash cow… A new speed camera site with four fixed cameras mounted on a bridge eyeing over motorists on the M1 at Loganholme in Queensland, Australia, has nabbed close to 37,000 motorists since they were installed on August 2.
“The M1 at Loganholme is of particular concern where 36,661 vehicles have been detected speeding since it was switched on,” said State Traffic Support Branch Acting Chief Superintendent Dale Pointon in a statement on the Queensland Police website.
While Queensland Police did not say how much money the speed camera site generated over the course of two months, given that the lowest fine for speeding is AU$133, if you do the math it comes out to a minimum of AU$4.9 million (about the same in USD).
The police said that highest speed recorded on the 100km/h (62mph) zone was 224km/h (139mph) at 12:23pm on 2 September.
“This location was selected because there had been in excess of 26 speed-related crashes at the site, 20 of which resulted in hospitalisation,” Acting Chief Superintendent Pointon said.
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