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posted by martyb on Saturday October 20 2018, @11:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the Automated-Law-Enforcement dept.

Australian cities are working with several companies to install cameras to capture still images and video to detect drivers using mobile phones on the road to fine them in the same way automated speed cameras work. This is good news for local governments who desperately need an influx of cash in the wake of reduced intake from speeding fines. A recent report showed that there is limited evidence that cameras have led to a change in driver behaviour across the state by acting as a deterrent however it is expected that harshly fining drivers may work better than putting up signs informing drivers that speed cameras are installed ahead. The system for detecting mobile phone use in cars is currently being tested on the M4 motorway in Sydney.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @11:51PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @11:51PM (#751508)

    The hell is wrong with Australia? Governments that topple every week, crises because a bureaucrats had rights to foreign citizenship, police tailing you and scanning your car, pulling on the helmet on your head and billing hundreds of dollars, fining you for leaving your windows cracked...
    https://motorbikewriter.com/rider-challenges-helmet-sticker-fine/ [motorbikewriter.com]
    https://motorbikewriter.com/fined-330-for-loose-motorcycle-helmet-strap/ [motorbikewriter.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:21AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:21AM (#751560)

    ...Governments that topple every week...

    I understood thhe government's the same, just some individual members' roles have changed.

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @09:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @09:40AM (#751595)

    Too much immigration.