{"id":642837,"date":"2026-10-27T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642837\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:58:10","slug":"smaller-speed-camera-trailers-begin-testing-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642837\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller speed camera trailers begin testing in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile speeding cameras of any size can already be parked any time and anywhere, on any type of public road across the country throughout the day and night.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe smaller trailers can be parked roadside in more places than existing models. Photo \/ NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi<\/p>\n

They can detect speeding both towards and away from the camera on either side of the road.<\/p>\n

NZTA said the smaller cameras won\u2019t change how speeding is detected or the fines issued. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur aim is to reduce the number of people travelling over the speed limit, lessening the likelihood of a crash being serious or fatal,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re sharing what this new trailer looks like so you know what to expect.<\/p>\n

\u201cExceeding the speed limit is illegal. If you travel at or below the speed limit you won\u2019t be fined. Expect to be fined if the trailer spots you exceeding the speed limit \u2013 you can avoid this by not speeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

NZTA also stressed it didn\u2019t directly benefit from any money collected in safety camera fines.<\/p>\n

Instead, it said, money from fines went to the Government.<\/p>\n

Last year, mobile speed cameras in SUVs generated more than $900,000 in fines<\/a> in their first four months of operation.<\/p>\n

NZTA rolled out the new SUVs in May 2025, which have replaced the fleet of vans police have traditionally used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mobile speeding cameras of any size can already be parked any time and anywhere, on any type of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2840,28246,682,138,8046,4487,31510,78,2514,342,111,139,69,25261,6302,25278,1240,25093,25260,11408,28104],"class_list":["post-642837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-across","tag-begin","tag-being","tag-business","tag-camera","tag-christchurch","tag-detect","tag-in","tag-island","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rolled","tag-safety","tag-smaller","tag-south","tag-speed","tag-speeding","tag-testing","tag-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}