A moment’s loss of concentration is all it can take for drivers to lose track of their speed and break the road rules.
But now a new tool has been created to help keep that lead foot in check.
The Speed Adviser app, created by the NSW Government’s Centre for Road Safety, can warn drivers if they travel over the speed limit — or if drivers enter a zone where a mobile speed camera may be operating.
While the app has been around for several years, new verbal warnings have now been added to make it more user friendly.
“Perhaps you haven’t been out for a while and you’re not aware of the area if it’s new — we want to alert people and let them know if they’re speeding or perhaps need to adjust their behaviour,” Roads Minister Natalie Ward said.
The app is available for both Apple and Android devices and will alert drivers verbally even if their phone is being used as a GPS.
The extra warning on the app doubles down on the government’s decision to reinstate signage used by police checking driver speeds.
Its removal last year was met with a fierce public backlash.
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However, the decision only includes signage mounted on top of patrol cars and not warning signs placed ahead of areas where speed cameras are operating.
NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns said all warning signs should be returned.
“The best thing they can do is to put these signs back in front of the speed cameras, so we know to slow down and not commit the offence in the first place,” Minn said.
When signs were posted in advance of speed camera vehicles in 2020, 38,743 fines were issued.
That soared by nearly 10 times to 361,896 in 2021 when warnings were taken away altogether.
So far this year, offences have dropped to just under 200,000 with the return of the top-mounted signs. But numbers are still five times higher than 2020.
