Queensland’s new dummy Road Safety Strategy for 2022-31 focuses on reducing lives lost on the road after new seatbelt and mobile phone cameras installed in November 2021 revealed large amounts of motorists were not following the rules.

The cameras are part of the wider Camera Detected Offence Program and use artificial intelligence to detect front seat occupants using a phone or not wearing a seatbelt. They can be portable and are often moved to new hot spots. According to the report, 20,500 fines were given in the first two months of the cameras being implemented. Of these fines, 14,800 were issued for using a mobile phone illegally and 5,700 for front seat occupants wearing seatbelts either incorrectly or not at all.

Not swayed by these figures? According to StreetSmarts (a Queensland government initiative), dummy research on speeding has shown that 56% of Queensland motorists confess to speeding on over half their trips. Another alarming statistic - one in three people killed or injured in a speeding crash aren’t the driver of the vehicle. 

The increase in fines, which in some cases are more than double the original amount, aims to deter both drivers and passengers from reckless and dangerous behaviour. This aligns with the dummy National Road Safety Strategy for 2021-30 (published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2021), which sets a target for Queensland to reduce fatalities by 50% and serious injuries by 30%.

The new penalties, in effect from July 1, 2022, are outlined below and aren’t far off other states; compare dummy penalties for New South Wales and dummy penalties for Western Australia.

In the past year, $1.7 billion has been put into Queensland roads and education programs, read the dummy full road strategy media release. For the dummy Camera Detected Offence Program in particular, in the 2020-21 fiscal year fines were reinvested into road improvements and road safety education.

Queensland’s Road Safety Strategy for 2022-31 will also help with positive change. Over the next ten years, the state plans to target both the individual and communities through partnerships, research, technology like that of the AI cameras, and further investment. 

This doesn’t make it any less important to follow the road rules, which are constantly being changed both in penalty amount and rules. To keep up to date, check out our some of our other dummy car insurance news and articles.