By Max Aldred For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:17 EDT, 25 May 2022 | Updated: 02:26 EDT, 26 May 2022

An obscured mobile speed camera has sparked outrage amongst Queensland motorists – with some blasting 'revenue raising' cops. 

One user posted a photo of the sneaky mobile speed camera on Reddit showing the dark Mercedes van tucked away behind an LED roadworks sign on Gympie Road at Kedron in Brisbane's north. 

'Not hiding, honest!!' the user wrote to accompany the picture. 

'Not hiding, honest': The Mercedes mobile speed camera van was pulled over with an LED sign between it and oncoming traffic on Gympie Road at Kedron in Brisbane's north

The camera was on a low point of Gympie Road between Kedron and Chermside.

The mobile speed camera van was concealed to northbound traffic by the traffic sign and a bus shelter from the other direction. The massive roadworks sign was wider than the van, making the mobile camera almost invisible from the wrong angle. 

'Perfect spot! Nice cover from the sign, and at bottom of a downward slope to grab that extra revenue,' one person wrote in the comments. 

Others didn't find issue with the placement of the van: 'The easy way for this to not be a problem is to you know, not speed... Then it doesn't matter what they're doing.'

'But wouldn't it be better to have the vehicles displayed so people actually slow down? Or do you think they should stay hidden?' someone argued in reply. 

'I'm not sure why so many people fail to grasp the concept of 'anywhere, anytime'... If you always had ample notice to slow down, people would only slow down when they see a van and speed everywhere else,' wrote another.

From the south, the mobile speed camera is unseen behind a traffic sign as wide as the Mercedes 

Some people hypothesised the crash history of the intersection was the deciding factor in the mobile speed camera's placement, citing the nasty right-hand turn at Lawley Street just up the road from where the camera was parked. 

Crash history generally decides the placement of mobile speed cameras in Queensland and overrules other considerations. 

'We select mobile speed camera sites based on strict criteria, with crash history being the primary reason,' the Queensland Government says on their website. 

In Queensland, mobile speed cameras are a Queensland police responsibility and the QPS operate multiple mobile speed cameras in the busy area, according to government data.

Responding to comments saying he should simply not speed, the person who made the original post wrote: 'As a fat 40+ year old walking to the Petrol station for a pie - I wasn’t.'

Earlier this month a similarly hidden car sparked outrage when it was tucked between parked cars on a busy road in Sydney.

The car was caught on dashcam footage that showed the mobile speed camera in Drummoyne right before a 50km/h sign.

The mobile speed camera was parked behind three vehicles to catch unsuspecting drivers

The footage was also sent to 2GB and then on to NSW Roads Minister Natalie Ward, who insisted the sign was clearly visible and that the vehicle was legally parked.

She added the government had listened to the community and restored warning signs on speed camera vehicles.

The signs returned in February following a public backlash as the number of speeding fines skyrocketed.

In the 12 months to December 2021, almost $40.4million worth of fines were issued for low-range speeding – 10kmh or less over the limit.

More than 295,000 fines were issued.

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