{"id":241599,"date":"2025-10-26T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241599\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:17:10","slug":"aussie-drivers-reminded-mobile-detection-cameras-set-to-target-another-road-rule-with-574-fines-in-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241599\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie drivers reminded mobile detection cameras set to target another road rule with $574 fines in days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile phone detection cameras<\/a> in the nation’s capital are days away from detecting a broader range of road rule breaches. Authorities have reminded drivers that cameras will be able to detect seatbelt offences by both drivers and their passengers <\/a>from November 3.<\/p>\n

Fines of $574 apply for failing to wear a seatbelt properly fastened and adjusted for drivers, who can also be pinged for failing to ensure a passenger is properly restrained, too.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Road Transport<\/a> (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment Bill 2025 last month, expanding the detection powers of the territory’s cameras.<\/p>\n

It’s part of the ACT Government\u2019s commitment to reducing deaths and serious injuries on roads.<\/p>\n

“Seatbelts save lives,” declared ACT minister ACT Attorney-General Tara Cheyne last month. Cheyne said the move is not only about holding those behaving dangerously on roads accountable, but increasing awareness.<\/p>\n

An ACT government spokesperson previously told Yahoo News<\/a> the mobile traffic detection network now includes three portable cameras and two fixed units.<\/p>\n

“All Mobile Traffic Detection Devices will be expanded to target drivers and passengers not wearing seatbelts or not wearing them correctly,” they said.<\/p>\n

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States and territories have been eager to expand the capabilities of roadside device detection cameras. Source: AAP<\/p>\n

An online explanatory statement clarified that people with a medical exemption from wearing a seatbelt <\/a>\u2014 whether correctly or at all \u2014 who are detected by a camera while travelling in a rideshare vehicle can provide their medical information directly to Access Canberra, rather than to the rideshare driver.<\/p>\n

Once enforcement of seatbelt offences begins, the cameras will operate in the same way as those detecting speeding, mobile phone use and registration breaches.<\/p>\n

“If multiple offences take place at the same time, for example, a mobile device and a seatbelt offence, both can be captured in one event and the images can be used to issue multiple infringements,” Ms Cheyne said. “This is already a possibility through police enforcement.”<\/p>\n

How a seatbelt must be worn<\/p>\n

An infringement review process and payment management plans will also be available for those issued fines. A seatbelt is deemed “properly adjusted and fastened” if the clasp is buckled, the lap belt sits low and firmly on a person\u2019s hips, and the sash sits over a person\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n

Road safety experts say cameras act as both a deterrent and an enforcement mechanism, targeting behaviours that are otherwise difficult for police to spot in real time.<\/p>\n

The use of artificial intelligence has also allowed the technology to scan for multiple offences at once, from seatbelts to speeding.<\/p>\n

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