Changing gears
Technology’s answer to our
driving behaviour MOST OF US FROWN on those who speed or use their mobile phones while driving. But there is technology used in Australia today to detect this behaviour, all paid for by those breaking the law, writes Alex Luttrell.
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dv a n c e d mobile phone and speed detection cameras are already in place in New South Wales, where they have been immensely successful. The same technologies will be in place in South Australia, Queensland and Victoria from later this year or early 2022, and we believe it’s time for these devices to be introduced in Tasmania too. These cameras catch people on their phones, speeding or not wearing seat belts by shooting down through the windscreen from overpasses, road sign gantries and from mobile trailers using extendable poles. During a six-month trial of mobile phone detection cameras in NSW, 100,000 motorists were detected using their phone while driving. The NSW Government later conducted three community surveys and found support for the camera initiative was at 80%.
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