New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will roll out its first roadside mobile safety camera trailer in Auckland this Wednesday, marking a new step in its campaign to “reduce speeding-related crashes” nationwide.
The trailer is the first of ten set to be deployed over the coming months, joining the existing fleet of 34 mobile camera-equipped SUVs that have been operating since May. Together, the trailers and SUVs will deliver more than 6,500 hours of mobile camera coverage every month across the country.
NZTA’s Head of Regulatory Strategic Programmes, Tara Macmillan, said the expanded fleet is central to the agency’s risk-based, 24/7 approach to speed enforcement. “This will make our roads safer for everyone by deterring speeding nationwide, and drivers who continue to choose to speed are much more likely to be detected and fined,” she said.
The trailers use the same technology as the SUVs but offer greater flexibility, allowing cameras to be placed at high-risk locations where SUVs may not be practical. “Mobile trailers allow us to have cameras out for longer stretches of time and to set up in places that might be difficult for SUVs,” Macmillan said. “Both our trailers and SUVs will be working day and night, detecting speeding wherever and whenever it occurs.”
Like the SUVs, the trailer cameras detect vehicles travelling in both directions, without signage alerting drivers. Each trailer is fitted with CCTV, alarm systems, and tracking devices, monitored around the clock to safeguard the equipment and operators.
Macmillan stressed the role of speed in road trauma, saying evidence shows deaths and serious injuries can be reduced if drivers stay within speed limits. “Speeding drivers can cause serious and irreparable harm on the roads. That is why we have safety cameras.”
The rollout of additional trailers will continue through the rest of the year, with the expanded mobile fleet targeting roads identified as high risk across New Zealand.
Revenue collection devices, with an added plus, of public surveillance.A win win. for our emerging, dystopian future.
Blatant revenue collecting for the state’s depleted coffers is what it is MacMillan, wrapped up in Marxist language of safer for everyone. Yeah right, not buying it.
Looking into my crystal ball, it is terrible what NZ Blade Runners did to those Cameras…
https://www.tiktok.com/@nzstuff/video/7546856329013464327
Jeez that looks expensive
Yes it is expensive. Your tax dollars paid for it and now AI will send you invoices direct to your phone.
About time
Should pay for themselves in the first week
Nice looking spare wheels you got there.
The revenue gathered from these should be used to subsidize rates in the areas from which they are employed
After operating costs are deducted
Portable spy camera’s.
I wholeheartedly support vigilante vandalism of these machines
They should be a color that stands out, if it’s safety then there’s nothing to hide.
Milking the easiest cow? What a BS ruse that is. There will always be road fatalities and the argument to make roads safer is the same as the Health and Safety tyranny.
There are other means to make roads safer: stop your pothole crews and traffic cone splendor, and stop implementing Agenda 2030 by making driving and parking as miserable as possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_toll_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)#/media/File:New_Zealand_Road_Deaths_and_reported_injury_casualties_1990-2016.tif
Not paying attention is the biggest cause of accidents – of all descriptions.
But that’s a bit hard to police.
Revenue collection machines, guised as “safety”
Don’t think about vandalizing these units if you have a mobile phone on you.
How do you think NZ Police are solving crimes so quickly these days… Your mobile phones are giving you up.