By Natalie Poyhonen
Updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago
The State Government plans to roll out digital speed cameras as part of a road safety campaign, but Mr Leavers says increasing police patrols would be a more effective measure. (ABC News: Paul Robinson)
The Queensland Police Union (QPU) says increasing the number of speed cameras being deployed across the state is simply an exercise in revenue raising.
QPU president Ian Leavers says it will not lead to a reduction in the state's road toll.
It is the first time the police union has publicly made such a suggestion.
The State Government plans to roll out digital speed cameras as part of a road safety campaign, but Mr Leavers says increasing police patrols would be a more effective measure.
"Speed cameras won't catch drink drivers, they won't catch unroadworthy vehicles, unlicensed vehicles, unregistered vehicles or those who are you know driving, talking on their mobile phones and all those other offences and dangerous driving," he said.
"They won't catch that - they will just catch those who are speeding."
A spokesman for the Police Minister says they are aiming to replace existing cameras with digital speed cameras, but the number of devices will not change.
Premier Anna Bligh says all the revenue goes into road safety initiatives.
"Wherever we've seen a reduction in the road toll, it's a combination of two things - good information to people through campaigns about the consequences of dangerous driving on our roads, and strong law enforcement, whether it's speed cameras or random breath testing," she said.
"There's a really easy way to avoid paying any revenue to the State Government for speeding and that's to stay within the speed limit."
01-03-2010, 07:14 PM
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