Stressball
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I don't know how it works down south but up here most revenue from speeding tickets and the like pays for the cops wages, and then the rest goes to charities, I believe the Red Cross is the main beneficiary.
Sadly, this is incorrect.
Speed camera revenue
Distribution of revenue from camera-detected offences is restricted by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995. This requires that all money collected from camera-detected offences (after paying administrative costs) be used for:
* road safety education and awareness programs
* road accident injury rehabilitation programs
* road funding to improve the safety of the sections of state-controlled roads where crashes happen most frequently.
Sourced from qld transport site, here: Speed cameras
Now, we all know that they fund pointless, ineffective campaigns telling people to slow down. Rehab programs, I don't know about. As for 'improving the safety of the sections of state-controlled roads where crashes happen most frequently', this just translates into putting up more speed cameras. Incidentally, red light fines are distributed in the same way.
Very effective safety measures