RACQ says electronic billboards a road safety risk

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The RACQ says it wants the Queensland Transport Department to scrap plans for dozens of large electronic advertising billboards along the state's main roads.

The motoring body says it has safety concerns about an electronic billboard placed above the Pacific Motorway at Tugun on the New South Wales border, saying it is too large and too bright to be so close to a main road.

It is the second of the new signs installed by the Transport Department to raise money.

It shows six advertisements every 30 seconds, including a commercial for gambling.

Hundreds of drivers have taken to social media complaining about the LED billboard at Tugun.

Michael Roth from the RACQ says he understands about 90 more electronic signs are to be installed across Queensland.

"The signs are large. They do have images that rotate," he said.

"We need to be convinced that they're not creating a road safety problem."

Transport Minister Scott Emerson says the final number of new billboards is yet to be decided.

He says engineers will assess the brightness of the sign at Tugun.

"We'll get the experts to have a look at what we can do," he said.

The department will meet with the RACQ within the next week.

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