Ban the Cams Note:  Another "accurate" speed scamera ticket in AU!  Boat on Trailer "cited" for speeding even though in SHED!

http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/story/2011/12/26/speeding-fine-was-last-straw-sidney-dooley/

Quote:

,,,December-issued ticket was for his boat trailer, which hasn't left the shed at his Zilzie home in nine months.

Speeding fine was last straw
Kara Paradies | 26th December 2011

 
Zilzie man Sid Dooley came home from nine months of radium treatment in Brisbane to a speeding fine for his boat trailer which clearly shows a four-wheel-drive in the photograph.

Chris Ison

AFTER nine weeks of radium treatment in Brisbane, the last thing Sidney Dooley wanted to come home to was a $200 speeding fine.

Especially when the December-issued ticket was for his boat trailer, which hasn't left the shed at his Zilzie home in nine months.

"I thought, what's going on here?" Mr Dooley said.

After taking a closer look at the infringement notice, Mr Dooley realised the photo, captured on a speed camera, was of a four-wheel-drive vehicle caught speeding in Brisbane.

"I don't own a 4WD and I've never ever driven a car in Brisbane," he said.

The 69-year-old, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months ago, said that at this stage of his life it was something he didn't need to deal with.

Mr Dooley said it was mistakes such as this that showed a need for human contact to be brought back into the system.

"Everything is done by a computer these days. But we've got a brain and they haven't," he said.

A spokesperson for the Queensland Police said the incorrect infringement notice was a result of human error and apologised for the inconvenience caused to Mr Dooley.

They said the police had a rigorous quality assurance process in place to adjudicate on camera detected offences to minimise errors similar to the one present in this matter.

(Ban the Cams comment:  SUREE!!!!!!  You mean RUBBER STAMPED!  Check out the www.newspaper.com section on Camera Accuracy!  On the right hand side of the site, just click on the "View Main Topic" and select "Camera Accuracy".)

They confirmed that the notice had been waived and no further action would be required from Mr Dooley.

But Mr Dooley said it came down to better surveillance.

"Things have got to be checked and then double checked."

Subscribe to this comment's feed

Title
Comment	smaller | bigger
Name
Email
Write the displayed characters
Subscribe via email (registered users only)
	Add Comment Preview