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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @06:36AM
The problem is a lack of a enforcement of property rights due to the "old boys club" that naturally arises in a monopoly, especially a monopoly that is violently imposed.
Whose more likely to know the boys in blue and the boys in the DA office and the boys on the bench? Well, the extrovert drinkers.
The problem isn't alcohol or even driving under the influence; the problem is crashing (which results from falling asleep), and the problem is a lack of property rights (due to a lack of enforcement).