A new speed and red-light camera has been installed at the intersection of Norris Road and Bracken Ridge Plaza as part of a statewide effort to address what road safety advocates are calling a crisis on Queensland roads.
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The camera is one of several being rolled out across the state to target dangerous driving at high-risk locations.
The rollout comes as authorities grapple with extreme speeding incidents, including drivers recorded travelling more than 200 kilometres per hour in an 80 km/h zone in Brisbane’s Legacy Way tunnel. Other notable cases include a Tesla caught driving 99 km/h over the limit in Sunnybank and a Lamborghini clocked at 100 km/h above the speed limit on the Gold Coast Highway during the afternoon.
Joshua Cooney from the RACQ said that speeding remains the leading cause of road fatalities in Queensland.
“Queensland is in a road safety crisis right now,” Mr Cooney said.
In addition to the Bracken Ridge camera, new devices are being installed at intersections in Rocklea, Sunnybank Hills, and Richlands.
The state’s Transport and Main Roads department has also identified 12 priority locations for point-to-point cameras based on crash data analysis. These cameras measure average speed over a distance rather than at a single point.
Bracken Ridge features on this priority list, with a three-kilometre stretch of the Gateway Motorway between Nudgee and Bracken Ridge earmarked for point-to-point camera enforcement. Other priority areas include sections of the Centenary Highway, Warrego Highway and a 30-kilometre stretch of the Pacific Motorway between Beenleigh and Smith Street on the Gold Coast, where crash costs have reached $217 million.
Enforcement at these priority locations is expected to commence by mid-2026.
Mr Cooney said that point-to-point cameras have proven effective at reducing risky driving behaviour and are not primarily about revenue collection.
“They work; they are a proven road safety measure,” he said, according to the broadcaster. “This is not about revenue raising as far as the RACQ is concerned — they are highly visible. They are well signposted.”
Published 22-December-2025
