Minister for Roads David Borger said six mobile cameras were in operation, with the program ramped up to 12,200 hours of enforcement a month by this time next year.

The mobile speed cameras are being re-introduced as part of the Government’s $170 million Road Toll Response package to reduce the number of people killed and injured.

Mr Borger said the road toll for 2009 was 460, 86 more than in 2008. Almost half of these fatalities, or 46 per cent, were caused by speeding.

“Speeding kills – that is the cold, harsh reality we all need to come to terms with. People think ‘It can’t happen to me’ – but the horror is, it can,” he said.

“Last year, 213 people died in speed-related crashes, and their families and friends suffered unspeakable tragedy when they lost a loved one.

“That doesn’t include the thousands who were permanently injured, who can’t walk again, who have irreparable nerve and brain damage.

“It is simply not good enough to take the argument that this is about revenue raising. The sooner people recognise the dangers of speeding, the sooner our road toll will decline.

“We want people to slow down, and that’s why, through an extensive ad campaign, we are trying to tell people that mobile speed cameras will be operating.”

“If these cameras can make motorists think twice about speeding, then they have done their job.

“When mobile speed cameras were introduced in Queensland and Victoria, they delivered a 25 per cent drop in casualty crashes. It has worked in Victoria, it has worked in Queensland. Now it is time for New South Wales.”

Information on the locations of mobile speed cameras is now available at www.rta.nsw.gov.au/