Queensland's fixed speed cameras nab fewer motorists but most lucrative rakes in $22,000 a day The fixed speed camera (top left) on the M1 at Loganholme is the state's most lucrative. FEWER motorists are being caught by Queensland's network of fixed speed cameras, but the state's most lucrative speed trap is still raking in $22,000 in fines every day. The fixed speed camera on the M1 at Loganholme remains Queensland's most lucrative detection device, racking up 150 speed detections a day, or more than 1000 each week - compared with 30 a day in the Brisbane Airport Link tunnel. Lower tolerance for speeding a $9m windfall Scrap tickets for accidental speedsters The tollway is home to the state's second-busiest fixed speed cameras - generating about $4500 a day in fines, closely followed by the Main St, Kangaroo Point, site at $4000 a day in fines. Despite being the oldest fixed camera in the state, the Main St site still catches out around 27 motorists a day exceeding the 60km/h limit, Queensland Police Service figures reveal. Overall, fixed speed camera sites are snapping fewer motorists compared with a year ago, which police consider a sign of growing awareness of the enforcement. In the first five months of this year, 46,584 speeding offences were captured by fixed cameras, compared with 58,337 in the same period last year. The decrease occurred despite three more fixed-speed cameras coming online in the last year, at Airport Link, the M1 at Gaven, and Nambour Connection Rd at Woombye on the Sunshine Coast. Acting Inspector Steve Embelton from the State Traffic Camera Office said the decrease in speeding offences had not added up to a reduction in road crashes. "Speed enforcement is only part of the strategy when you're looking at trying to reduce the road toll,"Insp Embelton said. There's other things we look at for road safety such as road engineering and education. He said there were no plans to add more fixed speed cameras to roads in southeast Queensland, other than in Legacy Way, due to open in 2015. "The Camera Detected Offence Program is under review at the moment, so we're waiting to hear in what direction we're heading," Insp Embelton said. The police service is expected to get an indication of whether the program will be outsourced to a private operator or another department when the Keelty Review is delivered in the next few weeks. Police Minister Jack Dempsey has remained tight-lipped on the future of the program, which generates more than $100 million in revenue a year. Insp Embelton said the fixed cameras were there to get people to slow down at known black spots, and to that end they were doing their job. "Our sites are constantly being evaluated by Transport and Main Roads, in terms of their relevance, the appropriateness of signage and so on," he said. If they're catching fewer motorists speeding we know they're doing what they were designed to do.