Speed fines close to the limit as NSW drivers fined for speeding a few kilometres above

THOUSANDS of drivers are being fined for speeding just a few kilometres above the limit, smashing the myth a margin of error is allowed on NSW roads. 
 
More than half the 13,000 drivers caught by roadside mobile speed vans in NSW were travelling between 1km/h and 10km/h above the limit, data shows.

The RTA appears to be ignoring a so-called "common law discretion", most likely because the former state government forced operator vans to be clearly marked with orange and white stripes and signage, instead of being undercover.

The move resulted in a likely push by the RTA to collect fines at the lowest speed band possible.

Office of State Revenue data shows 7341, or 56 per cent of all drivers caught speeding in the first year of the mobile operation were in the "10km/h or under" band.   Full Read