{"id":68658,"date":"2024-06-19T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=68658"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T07:20:00","slug":"new-mobile-phone-detection-cameras-to-catch-distracted-drivers-on-busy-adelaide-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=68658","title":{"rendered":"New mobile phone detection cameras to catch distracted drivers on busy Adelaide roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Australian drivers will be given a three-month &#8220;educational period&#8221; as new mobile phone detection cameras are officially switched on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a three-month testing phase, SAPOL said it made 71,044 detections from 6,794,050 vehicles \u2014 which it equated to 1.05 per cent of motorists using mobile phones behind the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5ccac08be7f3d1b8d364b75eaddfa247.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5ccac08be7f3d1b8d364b75eaddfa247.avif 682w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5ccac08be7f3d1b8d364b75eaddfa247-300x200.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A driver steering with one finger while holding a mobile phone in one hand and a drink in the other.<em>(Supplied: SA Police)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under the grace period which will run from June 19 to September 18, drivers detected on the cameras will receive a warning letter instead of a fine or lost demerit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From September 19, offending drivers will face an expiation notice of $540, plus a $99 victims of crime levy and three demerit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officer in Charge of SAPOL Traffic Support Branch Superintendent Darren Fielke said the grace period only applied to offences detected by the new cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People caught by police illegally using their mobile devices when driving will still be required to pay a fine,&#8221; Superintendent Fielke said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have seen, from other jurisdictions, a significant change in behaviour of people not using their mobile phones after the introduction of mobile phone detection cameras so, by introducing these cameras to high-risk areas, we hope this will contribute to improving driver behaviour.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said recent changes to the Australian Road Rules had broadened the definition of using a mobile phone to include circumstances where a mobile phone was being held, including in a driver&#8217;s lap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australian drivers will be given a three-month &#8220;educational period&#8221; as new mobile phone detection cameras are officially switched on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":68659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[265,7527],"class_list":["post-68658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","tag-adelaide","tag-south-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68662,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68658\/revisions\/68662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}