If you would like to read the top 10 speed cameras list without having to wade back through the blog, I have published the list as a separate article here:
Life in the fast lane - Melbourne's top 10 speed camera locations
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If you would like to read the top 10 speed cameras list without having to wade back through the blog, I have published the list as a separate article here:
Life in the fast lane - Melbourne's top 10 speed camera locations
That's all for the blog today. Have a great day!
Police have sent me the following information about the Napier Street crash this morning:
Police are responding to an incident on Napier Street, Footscray earlier this morning.
It is believed a truck travelling outbound hit the Napier Street bridge about 8.31am, causing its container to slide off the back and onto the vehicle behind it.
Three men inside the Volkswagen sedan were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
All outgoing lanes on Napier Street are blocked, with traffic being diverted through Yarraville.
Werribee and Williamstown trains are running again now the truck that struck the Napier Street Rail Bridge has been cleared.
However, expect delays of up to 20 minutes on the line as Metro deals with the disruption.
And the top speed camera location in Melbourne over the past five years is:
1) Western Ring Road, Boundary Road. 243,566 infringements for a total of $50.2 million in fines.
This set of cameras doesn't tend to get much attention when news organisations publish the annual lists of the top speed camera locations because the totals for the six cameras at the location are reported separately. There are three cameras monitoring the northbound lanes and three monitoring the southbound lanes. Once you tally up all the fines at the location the results are quite staggering.
Credit: Craig Butt
While the northbound and southbound cameras are a fair distance apart, I reckon it makes sense to classify them as the same location.
Here's the full list:
A truck has struck the Napier Street Rail Bridge. It turns out the bridge also has its own Twitter account.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said paramedics received news of the crash about 8.30am. He said the scene had been cleared and nobody was injured.
A truck has struck the Napier Street Rail Bridge (which is fast becoming the new Montague Street Rail Bridge)
Counting down the top 10 speed cameras in Melbourne. See posts below for 10-3.
2) Eastlink, Wellington Road Bridge. 207,285 infringements for a total of $41.8 million in fines.
This location houses six cameras that monitor the three lanes of northbound traffic and the three lanes of southbound traffic. People who live life in the 'fast lane' - the right lane - seem to be much more susceptible to fines. Three times more motorists were fined for speeding in the right lane than there were in the left lane.
Incidentally, this is also where today's Mystery Melbourne was taken. @spohie has now made it three Mystery Melbournes in a row. She was first to figure out today's location and was also first with the answers on Thursday (Sky High at Mount Dandenong) and Friday (Arthurs Seat). Benedict C was first to email me the answer.
Stay tuned, because I will be revealing the top speed camera at 9am.
Reader Neil reckons it is the one at the intersection of George Street and Alexandra Parade in Fitzroy. Is he correct? Find out at 9am.
Eastlink, the Wellington Road Bridge.Credit: Craig Sillitoe
The 8:01am Craigieburn to Flinders Street service has been cancelled because of a faulty train.
More on the speed camera countdown. Keep scrolling down for 10-5.
4) Eastlink, Keysborough, Dandenong Bypass Bridge. 172,931 infringements for a total of $34.8 million in fines.
There are four points along Eastlink where speed cameras are installed and this is one of them. The others are at the Wellington Road Bridge in Rowville, the Melba Tunnel and the Mullum Mullum Tunnel. One of these other sections actually catches out even more people.
3) Princes Freeway, Forsyth Road Bridge. 185,218 infringements for a total of $38.6 million in fines.
Three lanes of Geelong-bound traffic and three lanes of Melbourne-bound traffic are included in these figures. There are cameras at three other points along the Geelong Road system, but this is the area that catches out the most speeding drivers.