 Okay well thank you for coming this afternoon in relation to our topic for today. I'd like to talk to you about the decision of the Queensland Police Service in relation to the lowering of speed tolerance levels. Commissioner Stewart spoke of this some months ago in June and we've implemented that strategy since then. So we've continued with that strategy and as part of Commissioner Stewart's initial outline we've always intended that there would be a series of adjustments of the speed tolerance and commencing on the 20th of September we will move to the second adjustment in relation to speed tolerance levels. So that will take effect tomorrow and we're asking members of the community particularly road users to be mindful of the issue of speed to comply with speed restrictions as they are posted and to continually monitor their speed to ensure that they are driving according to the conditions that prevail not just the speed limit that is that is signed. The speed limit that is signed is the maximum allowable speed limit for that designated area that's a decision that's been made as a result of assessments by road engineers and the road network and the important thing is for motorists to comply with the speed limits as they apply to the area they are driving and also to the conditions in which they are driving. I'll be happy to take any questions you might have. Yes this this adjustment of speed tolerances will apply to the whole range of speed restrictions across the state. No jurisdiction in Australia publicizes the tolerance levels but we are adjusting the levels according to the schedule that we had decided upon. Well it's interesting in terms of the adjustment that's occurred to date we have seen some evidence that people have listened to the commissioners message in terms of adjusting their speeds. In the first month of the adjustment we saw about a 2% in July increase in speed detections and in August we've seen about a 23% increase in speed detections. It's important to note though that during that period radar units have been deployed more often and the hours upon which they operate have also increased and also that some locations have radar units applied to them that did not apply previously. So we're encouraged by what we've seen in terms of people complying with the initial tolerance adjustment but we're now moving to the next level of tolerance adjustment. Well the fatality rate today is 201. 201 people on Queensland roads have lost their lives that's a tragic situation and one which we ask people to take notice of. To date we have six more fatalities than we had to the same stage last year but interestingly we're 20 or so more than we had in 2010 which was our best year for many years. One loss of life is a life lost too many. One traffic crash where someone is seriously injured is a traffic crash too many. We know from the evidence available from academic institutions like CARSQ that traffic crash data indicates that people who speed increase their risk of serious traffic crash and serious injury or death exponentially according to the increase in speed over the limit. So we're asking people to monitor their speed to stick to the science speed limits and to drive according to the conditions which are prevalent at the time. This could be seen as getting Queensland speed camera operations ready for outsourcing making it more attractive to a private operator coming. This has got nothing to do with outsourcing of speed cameras this has got to do with saving lives of Queenslanders and visitors to this state as they use our road network. What we're trying to do is to encourage people to drive to the speed limits and to apply their own safety every day. Well speed is an important factor in all situations where we monitor speed. It's also very important in a vast majority of traffic crashes. We know it's a contributing factor of one of the fatal five in many many crashes that occur. So the quickest way to avoid that the easiest way to avoid the complication of speed is to drive to the speed limit. Well it's not revenue raising it's about saving lives it's about encouraging people to contribute to road safety. We're not interested in the revenue that's raised by this what we're interested in is protecting people, road users, pedestrians, individuals who are innocent parties to traffic crashes. We're about protecting them and saving lives and reducing road trauma. What we're seeing is as a result of the change in tolerances we've seen about a 2% increase in the month of July compared to July 2012. We've seen about a 23% increase in August compared to August 2012. But what we're also seeing is that for the number of cars that are going through speed detection locations we're actually seeing an increase in the number of vehicles that go through compared to the number of detections that are occurring. So the increase is attributable to the amount of deployment of radar units and the hours upon which they're operating. When we compare it to the amount of vehicles that are travelling through speed camera locations more vehicles are travelling through the locations for every detection. Well this is nothing to do with the the program which is reviewing the camera detector defences program. This is about saving people's lives and protecting people from injury through traffic crash. This is the second stage of the process that we embarked on in June through the Commissioner's announcement and his engagement with the community asking people to manage their speed. There will be additional adjustments over time to this tolerance level. So we're at a second stage we expect there will be more tolerance adjustments into the future. At this stage we don't see that happening. What we do know is where major interventions have occurred in terms of road safety over a long period of time in Australia and internationally. You can impact on traffic crash data. We're hoping that this will be another in the series of major interventions which will enhance road safety in this state and improve the lives of Queensland people. Well fatalities over all are not falling. We're 206 fatalities as of today. Sorry 201 fatalities of today. Six more than we were at last year. 2010 was our best year in terms of fatalities for many years. Speeding is a major contributor to traffic crash incidents and this is a strategy focusing on speeding. There are other strategies focusing on other elements of the fatal five. Major initiatives in terms of random breath testing as a strategy are underway across this state at the moment. We also have strategies about task force models where we're focusing on other types of behaviour on the roads. We ask people to be mindful of all of the strategies. The five strategies in the fatal five. This particular initiative is aimed at one of those strategies which is speeding. What we know from the evidence available from the Cars Q website from the fact sheet that they have relating to speeding. An independent academic institution highly regarded worldwide is that a small increase in speed has an incremental risk to you in terms of your safety, the safety of your passengers and other people in the car. So we're asking people to comply with the speed limit not a little bit over the speed limit but with the speed limit. We know that when a crash occurs and the evidence is available from Cars Q that the risks of injury come from hitting an object from the person in the vehicle hitting something else in the vehicle or from their organs within their body moving around within their body as a result of the impact. So there are three things that contribute to that risk of injury. Those risks reduce if you reduce your speed. Well I've noticed the media coverage on that this morning and it's interesting to note that it's 50 odd percent of the respondents. I'm not sure what the total respondents are or what the total respondents are in comparison to licensed road users in Queensland. So I would take the view that it's reflective of the respondents whether it's reflective of the entire motoring community that's for those to judge that are using that research. But I have noticed that the government has made ministerial statements and policy statements in relation to reviewing roads in this state and we encourage that and we will support that as best we can. No matter what the science speed limit ends up at on any particular road we're asking people to comply with that speed limit because it will be assessed through an academic and scientific process to evaluate what the appropriate speed limit is for that section of road. Well those are matters for others who are experts in deciding what the speed limit should be on a road. But certainly some respondents in that survey have indicated that they think the road speed limit should be changed. That's a matter for the people running that project to decide.