Mr ANDREW: My question is to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads. Motorists are receiving speeding infringement notices containing multiple fines—up to 10—that occurred several weeks prior to notices being received. Effective behavioural road safety should be addressed after the first infringement to prevent issues becoming fatal, and police officers reinforce this in person. Without genuine early intervention, how can these multiple speeding infringements be considered for safety and not just for blatant revenue raising?

Mr BAILEY: I did cover this topic at length in the previous question that I was asked, but people need to drive safely in Queensland. Last year was the worst year on our roads in over a decade. It is better this year—we are minus 17—but that is still a lot of fatalities and a lot of injuries to people who will never be the same again. Everybody in this House knows that I am pretty hardline when it comes to road safety. When people get fined for speeding and driving dangerously, there is no doubt that it is a deterrent for them when they then drive in future to not do the same thing.

Mr Andrew interjected.

Mr SPEAKER: Member for Mirani.

Mr BAILEY: I have a statistic here that is relevant to the member, because it is an area that is within his electorate, Sarina. Some 98 per cent of passing vehicles complied with the speed limit, but 351 were detected at 20 kilometres above the speed limit, and the highest detected person caught committing an offence at Sarina was in a 70-kilometre-an-hour zone doing 156 kilometres an hour. That is outrageous and those people need to be sent a message. That is a tragedy waiting to happen. I am happy to talk a bit about the site selection. We use a risk-based assessment methodology based on speed related Police Service road crash data. Each site is assessed for suitability using strict criteria and is approved by a registered professional engineer of Queensland. The department advises that a site layout plan is developed for each site which must be adhered to by the service provider to ensure safety for all road users. Sites are also chosen in consultation with the RACQ. There have been some issues raised by the member and one or two other members about calibration certificates, so let me inform the House that I have been advised that photographic detection devices used in speed camera deployments are set up in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and guidelines. The equipment is tested and operated in compliance with section 122A of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 and section 210F of the Traffic Regulation 1962. Mr Andrew interjected.

Mr SPEAKER: The member for Mirani is warned under the standing orders.

Mr BAILEY: To ensure accuracy, several validation checks are undertaken prior to a camera system being deployed. No-one likes getting a speeding fine—there is no doubt about that—but we should all be sending a clear message that, given the number of fatalities and serious crashes that are disproportionately higher per capita in rural and regional areas, people should not speed. They are not leaving themselves enough buffer if something happens, and that is why we see too many tragedies on our roads. Let us all be part of road safety and be clear about the messaging about— (Time expired)