South Australia's mobile cameras to be switched on after 70,000 warning letters
Mobile phone detection cameras in South Australia will go live at midnight on Wednesday, marking the end of a three-month grace period which saw a staggering 70,000 warning letters sent out.
If fines had been issued during that period, they would have raised $45 million.
One particularly serious case involved a driver who accumulated a staggering 33 warning letters, while the North-South Motorway at Regency Park was the location with the most warnings issued, at nearly 20,000.
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Mobile phone detection cameras in South Australia will go live at midnight on Wednesday, marking the end of a three-month grace period which saw a staggering 70,000 warning letters sent out. Nine
"I can tell you the fun is over," SA Police Superintendent Darren Fielke said.
"From tonight, you're copping a fine."
Any drivers caught using their phones once the cameras are live will be hit with a $658 fine and three demerit points.
If drivers continue being caught at the same rate once fines begin, the State Government could reap a potential windfall of $200 million a year.
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One particularly serious case involved a driver who accumulated a staggering 33 warning letters, while the North-South Motorway at Regency Park was the location with the most warnings issued, at nearly 20,000. Nine
However, Fielke said the focus isn't on revenue raising.
"This is about changing driver behaviour," he said.
"It's around making the roads a safer place for everybody."
Drivers can use their phone anytime if controlling it with Bluetooth, but can only touch it to answer or make an outgoing call, and it must be in an approved cradle.
This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.
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