A hint for drivers to slow down

The police appear relaxed about inclusion of their fixed speed camera sites on a GPS navigation system popular with drivers.

A Christmas mailout from Dick Smith Electronics advertised the $395 Navman S100 with features including "pre-loaded fixed speed cameras".

As speed is the most common cause of road deaths - it contributed to 119 fatal crashes last year - national road policing manager Superintendent Paula Rose says her staff support any means of prompting drivers to slow down - including letting them know where speed cameras have been placed.

But she warned that she had plenty of road patrol staff whose cars were not on the Navman service.