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AA Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer: Speed camera warning signs would be a useful safety tool

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Publish Date
Tue, 28 Mar 2023, 6:15PM
Photo / NZ Herald
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AA Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer: Speed camera warning signs would be a useful safety tool

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Mar 2023, 6:15PM

Zero warning signs have been installed near fixed speed cameras since the policy was announced in 2019.

Over three years ago, then-associate transport minister Julie Anne Genter said a new 'no surprises' approach to speed cameras would see signs installed in high-risk areas.

Simon Douglas, AA Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer says that these signs would be a useful safety tool for drivers in high-risk locations.

"We want the signs up to tell them then and there to drive slower. There's little point, in our view, to sending a ticket to them through the post up to two weeks later. Put the camera where it's needed, sign it, get them to slow down then and there."

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