Queensland Police say high-tech speed cameras will drive down revenue

They are the next generation of mobile speed cameras, capable of capturing up to six speeding cars a second.

Police have spent $1.3 million on 13 of the laser-based LIDAR cameras, with the first starting to snap away this afternoon.

The latest figures released to 9NEWS reveals that, in 12 months, mobile cameras netted at least $69 milllion worth of speeding fines.

These fines were handed out at prime locations including 6,925 fines at Herston Road in Kelvin Grove and 5,687 at Gympie Road in Kedron.

But none of the top areas were listed blackspots for serious crashes, like the Riverside Expressway, the Gold Coast Highway at Southport, the Gateway Arterial at Sandgate or Deception Bay Road, Deception Bay.

The RACQ said the crash data police use to select where they place mobile speed cameras is up to a decade old.

"We think it’s time for the Queensland Police to have a good review of the crash data and what they're using to place these speed cameras," said Paul Turner from the RACQ.

Police hope to roll out 10 of these high tech units across Queensland by the end of the year, including a stand-alone unit in high risk areas officers previously considered too dangerous to police.

Ironically, police believe the new cameras will drive down revenue.

"With the release of every new camera we've put out, we actually see a decline in detections which is great,” said police spokesman Alan Hales.