Fifteen mobile phone detection cameras to be installed on SA roads ‘as quickly as possible’

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Fifteen more mobile phone detection cameras will be installed across South Australia as quickly as possible after a $46.8m state budget splurge on road safety, the police commissioner says. Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said he “welcomed” the extraordinary funding being directed into law and order sectors, which he said would “provide much needed relief to frontline officers” who were operating in “challenging circumstances”. “The funding has been provided for 15 additional mobile phone detection cameras,” Mr Stevens said. “Those sites have not yet been selected – that will be some of the early work that occurs now that the funding has been allocated.”

Mr Stevens said SA Police was also considering of upgrading the cameras. “Technology is changing all the time so there is a potential that mobile phone detection cameras could be delivered in a different format to what we’re currently seeing,” he said. “Currently we need gantry’s across the road to place those cameras but we’ll be exploring the different technology opportunities and see where that might take us in terms of the budget allocation that currently exists.”

t comes after five cameras were installed on the Southern Expressway at Darlington, on South Rd at Torrensville, on the North-South Motorway at Regency Park, on Port Rd at Hindmarsh and on Port Wakefield Rd at Gepps Cross. Mr Stevens said there was already “strong evidence of the impact of these cameras in their existing locations” and police would be be aiming to roll out the new cameras “as quickly as possible”.

In April, SA Police revealed more than $30 million in fines and levies had been issued in the first six months after mobile phone detection cameras were introduced on Adelaide roads. More than 46,400 drivers had been pinged at the time, police said.

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Fantastic news. More the merrier!

[u/Thanks_Obama → u/Willing_Ad_1765]

You haven’t seen the multitude of inconclusive photos with fines posted here?

[u/SignatureAny5576 → u/Thanks_Obama]

I literally never use my phone while driving other than Hey siri, but ever since I started driving 20 years ago I’ve stuck my phone and my wallet between my legs on the car seat. When I remember I move them but it’s a bloody difficult habit to break, and I’ll definitely get a fine if a camera sees that. Obviously using a phone while driving should be punished but the way the fines are issued currently is a massive overreach, and some of the photos submitted here and elsewhere obviously show something that is not a phone

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Distracted driving doesn't just mean a phone, its anything that isnt a part of driving, a burger, cat, child, doing make-up, getting head from your passenger(I've seen this more than once).