Evidence

Supporting Evidence for Speedometer Tolerance

The following is a list of supporting evidence regarding knowledge by the Government as to the problem regarding speedometer error.

	Basis of tolerance being applied to Infringement Notices
	What the Victorian Regulations state on vehicle speedometers
	What the Victorian Parliament Road Safety Committee report Walk Safety states.
	What the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services said.
	What the Victorian Parliament Road Safety Committee said.
	What Monash Accident Research Centre has to say.
	What Victorian Government undertook to do.

The Monash Accident Research Centre is a leading Australian injury prevention and control research institute and they publish a large numbr of papers on the subject following detailed analysis.

Recenty they published a report titled " The history and development of speed camera use " dated 2005. On page 30 of that report in section 3 Australia we find under 3.5 Controversies the following statements:

Implementation dilemmas:

• The accuracy of speed cameras has been brought into question and the lack of immediate notice of the offence makes it difficult to establish actual speed at the time of offence.

• The ability of speedometers to accurately measure speed within the perceived enforcement tolerances is questioned, particularly in view of the design rules that allow greater variation than the tolerances.

• There is a perceived lack of public or parliamentary control over speed camera programs.