How hidden speeding cameras in NSW have cost drivers $40million in fines in ...

How hidden speeding cameras in NSW have cost drivers $40million in fines in ...
How hidden speeding cameras in NSW have cost drivers $40million in fines in ...

Secret speed cameras should be banned after the removal of warning signs on state roads saw fines skyrocket more than 1500 per cent, the NSW Opposition Leader claims. 

The decision to remove warning signs for mobile speed cameras has seen drivers cough up a staggering $4million in low-range driving offences in May alone, according to Opposition leader Chris Minns.

Minns said the monthly revenue from breaches of less than 10km/h is the highest on record. 

Mobile speed cameras in NSW previously scanned 7,000 hours of footage a month, but that has jumped to 21,000 hours under the new scheme. 

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns (pictured) said the monthly revenue from breaches of less than 10km/h above the speed limit is the highest on record, with drivers coughing up $40million in fines in May alone

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns (pictured) said the monthly revenue from breaches of less than 10km/h above the speed limit is the highest on record, with drivers coughing up $40million in fines in May alone

Mobile speed cameras in NSW previously scanned 7,000 hours of footage a month, but that has jumped to 21,000 hours

Mobile speed cameras in NSW previously scanned 7,000 hours of footage a month, but that has jumped to 21,000 hours

A change to monitor car speed in both directions was also secretly brought in, resulting in the number of drivers being stung soaring by more than 1,500 per cent. 

Mr Minns has slammed the removal of warning signs as a 'blatant cash grab' and argued for a return to high visibility policing on roads. 

He claims the new policy doesn't make NSW roads any safer and the decision to remove the signs has raised $20.2million in revenue since January 2021. 

'The NSW government has worked out a way to slug families with hundreds of dollars for low-range speeding offences by hiding the cameras,' he said in a statement.  

The Labor leader argued that motorists start to slow down as soon as they see the warning sign, improving the safety of the driver and those around them.  

He said the return of warning signs and an increase in police highway patrols will stop drivers forking out for fines and have a positive effect on road safety.  

The number of motorists being stung with speeding fines has soared more than 1,500 per cent after the NSW government took away speed camera warning signs

The number of motorists being

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