Mobile phone detection cameras lead to 2,500 fines in a week, with three drivers expected to lose licences
3 months ago

Mobile phone detection cameras lead to 2,500 fines in a week, with three drivers expected to lose licences

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Three drivers are expected to lose their licences after being caught by South Australia's new mobile phone detection cameras at least five times each during a single week, police say. Police said the fine for using a mobile phone at the wheel was $556, and that drivers would additionally pay a $102 contribution to the victims of crime levy and accumulate three demerit points. Over the first week of the expiation period, SA Police issued 2,544 fines to drivers caught by the mobile phone detection cameras. "The message is getting through to some people that the mobile phone detection cameras are out there," Superintendent Fielke said.

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Mobile phone detections decline but one driver caught 41 times and fined $27,000, police say
1 week, 3 days ago

Mobile phone detections decline but one driver caught 41 times and fined $27,000, police say

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Fewer mobile phone detection camera expiation notices are being issued in South Australia but thousands of drivers are still being caught — including a man whom police say was snapped using his phone at the wheel 41 times in three months. "The initial three-month trial saw a total of over 68,000 detections," SA Police's officer in charge of traffic services, …

New road safety cameras being rolled out in WA as drivers accused of 'culture problem'
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1 week, 3 days ago

New road safety cameras being rolled out in WA as drivers accused of 'culture problem'

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Western Australia has a "culture problem" with using a mobile phone while driving, according to the state's road safety commissioner who is rolling out new cameras to target offenders. WA Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner says the cameras will help address a "culture problem". "The purpose of the caution notice is to inform the community about the new type of …

Adelaide drivers fined for resting phones on laps after being caught by mobile detection cameras
1 month ago

Adelaide drivers fined for resting phones on laps after being caught by mobile detection cameras

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When handyman Shane jumped into his van and rested his phone against his thigh to make a trip to a hardware store, he had no idea he was breaking the law. "Holding the phone or having the phone touch any part of your body is use and you will get a fine and three demerit points," she told ABC Radio …

Mobile phone detection cameras catch drivers breaking the law 68,000 times in three months
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mobile phone detection cameras catch drivers breaking the law 68,000 times in three months

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Four motorists have been caught on camera using a mobile phone while driving more than 30 times during a three-month grace period — racking up potential fines of more than $20,000 each. SA Police have issued 68,252 warning letters to motorists illegally using a mobile phone while driving during a three-month expiation grace period for five new detection cameras. "These …

Seeing a lot of mobile speed cameras on your summer road trips? Here's how they work
1 year ago

Seeing a lot of mobile speed cameras on your summer road trips? Here's how they work

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As you're driving around this summer holidays, there's every chance you'll see a strange-looking white or yellow box on the side of the road. Since then, the use of safety cameras has grown to include fixed red light and speed cameras, mobile speed cameras, and point-to-point cameras. The use of safety cameras has grown to include fixed red light and …

Covert cameras catch almost 2,000 Queenslanders breaking mobile phone and seatbelt rules
3 years, 1 month ago

Covert cameras catch almost 2,000 Queenslanders breaking mobile phone and seatbelt rules

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Almost 2,000 people were caught either using their mobile phone while driving or not wearing a seatbelt by new covert police cameras in the first week they went live. Key points: The covert cameras were installed in July, but new laws came into effect on November 1 Drivers caught touching their phone behind the wheel can be hit with a …

New roadside cameras catch hundreds of Queensland drivers a day
3 years, 5 months ago

New roadside cameras catch hundreds of Queensland drivers a day

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Hundreds of Queensland drivers have been caught flouting road rules in a day, busted by the state's new high-tech monitoring cameras. Key points: The new cameras are based roadside, some are portable It comes after a successful trial last year to crackdown on distracted drivers Distracted drivers account for 12 per cent of Queensland's road deaths The roadside and portable …

Cameras to catch drivers on mobile phone and not wearing seatbelts made permanent in Queensland
3 years, 6 months ago

Cameras to catch drivers on mobile phone and not wearing seatbelts made permanent in Queensland

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Roadside cameras to detect motorists using mobile phones and people not wearing seatbelts will be rolled out permanently in Queensland within weeks. Key points: It will be illegal for drivers to hold a phone in their hand or have it resting on any part of their body Some of the cameras will be mobile Forty-three people who died in crashes …

New cameras catch 100 drivers a day on mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts
4 years, 3 months ago

New cameras catch 100 drivers a day on mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts

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High-tech cameras being trialled by Queensland's Transport Department have picked up almost 1,000 Queensland drivers or their passengers without a seatbelt, a result described as "alarming". Key points: The high-tech cameras are being trialled for the first time in Australia Almost 1,000 drivers or passengers were caught not wearing seatbelts The cameras take several photos of the front of a …

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