Driver's photo highlights crackdown on Aussie roads: 'This is getting a bit silly'

A sign of the times, you could say.

As state governments continue to crackdown on driving infringements, and bolster roadside camera technology, one motorist has shared a scene from a busy suburban road this week which, he claims, shows things are "getting a bit silly".

Not one but two speed cameras were spotted on the same stretch of road in Sydney, highlighting the lengths authorities are going to in order to enforce the road rules.

Over the weekend the driver was travelling through Croydon Park in the city's inner west when he caught sight of a fixed speed camera sign warning motorists the speed limit was 60 km/h and they were approaching a red light and speed camera. However, a mobile speed camera sign was also erected only metres in front of the permanent warning sign.

Frustrated, the driver took a photo and shared it on social media to vent to other locals.

"Some mentioned that fixed speed cameras don't necessarily capture all directions of traffic, so it's possible they were supplementing the fixed speed camera with a mobile one to get additional coverage," the driver told Yahoo News.

"But there was no real indication about the reason [both speed cameras were present], just the abundance of signage."

For him, the number of speed cameras on the roads is "getting a bit silly."

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Major crackdown on speeding drivers

The NSW government was not joking when it said it was cracking down on speeding after a rise in the death toll. In the last 12-month period, 357 people have lost their lives on NSW roads, compared to 315 in the previous 12 month.

In a bid to prevent as many fatalities as possible, the state government has introduced new measures. In April, the NSW authorities announced they were doubling the number of mobile speed camera sites in a bid to clamp down on accident-related deaths, with a total of 2,700 new locations made available to operators.

There were more than 1.4 million speeding offences reported by Revenue NSW between July 2021 and June 2022 — an increase of around 40 per cent from the previous reporting period.

The NSW government has also assembled a task force to weed out any dodgy dealings between drivers who exchange speed-related demerit points for cash, upholding accountability in those who commit offences.

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