The Road Safety Commission’s new trailer mounted and fixed safety cameras are being backed by a significant new investment to further improve road safety across the state.
More than 31,000 infringements have been issued from the first month of operation of the State's new fixed and trailer-mounted safety cameras, including:
- 12,288 mobile phone offences;
- 10,285 seatbelt offences; and
- 9282 speeding offences.
Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner said images from the safety cameras had revealed new insights into driver behaviour.
“Every seatbelt not worn or worn incorrectly, every mobile phone picked up while behind the wheel and every kilometre over the limit is an unnecessary and avoidable risk,” he said.
“Multiply those moments of risk-taking across WA’s 2.1 million licenced drivers and the consequences start to stack-up.
“We can’t continue down this path of thinking that ‘a little bit of speeding is okay’, ‘a little bit of risk-taking is okay’ – because the simple fact is, these risks cost lives.
“And a fine in the mail pales in comparison to the impact of a life lost.”
Building on this momentum, the State Government announced an $80 million Road Safety Reform Package to crack down on dangerous driving, including;
- $27 million for additional road safety advertising, community education and public awareness campaigns;
- $25 million for road upgrade programs including the Regional Road Safety Program and the Safer Roads and Bridges Program;
- $20 million to expand the safety camera program including six new safety camera trailers, four pairs of fixed point to point cameras, 32 near miss cameras and 100 smiley face cameras; and
- $5 million to increase capabilities of infringement processing, targeting high frequency offenders.
“Behaviour change takes time, and these cameras are part of a long-term strategy to shift attitudes and habits, not just issue fines,” Mr Warner said.
“It’s about creating a culture where making safe choices on our roads is second nature, not a second thought that comes too late.”
Further information about the safety camera program can be found here.
Information about the Road Safety Reform Package is available here.
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