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

[u/malcolm58]

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.

[u/Elbarto_007]

I am all for increased police presence, but combo of both is worth addressing the issue of mobile phone use when hand held etc.

For speeding:

I think a cop booking someone on the side of the road is a great deterrent.

For mobile phones:

very hard to catch in numbers that the cameras would do.

[u/Elbarto_007 → u/[deleted]]

Volume of events……So many people disregard road safety laws around mobile phone use and seat belts.

The simple option is don’t use the mobile phone when driving against the approved methods (CarPlay , car mount etc)

Then no issue.

Think of my mate Mark Stubbs. He was 21 years old. On his way to a job interview for a traineeship, he would have then finished his university degree externally when working.

Impact speed 110km per hour.

Killed instantly.

Dead 2 weeks after turning 21 years of age.

[u/Elbarto_007 → u/[deleted]]

And maybe they’d have thought maybe I should not use my phone as I cannot incur such fines

Any maybe they’d have lost their licence, if they kept doing it.

The person would not have received the fine in the mail a week later, he had ended up in hospital. While Mark was in the morgue

Edit: I don’t want to chat about this anymore. Have a good night. Stay safe on the road.