The new laws which could cost Victorians $1 billion a year

Victorian road cameras could soon rake in an additional $1 billion dollars a year, if new hi-tech cameras which peer into cars to catch motorists on their phones are as lucrative as they were in a NSW trial.

The state government will introduce new laws in Parliament this week to legalise the cameras, after a successful trial last year.

Based on data from New South Wales after it introduced the cameras in 2019, the revenue raised by the new cameras is expected to be massive.

In a 25-day period, two cameras detected 21,000 offences in NSW.

Taking into account Victoria’s higher fines, camera revenue could increase by an estimated $1 billion if 15 of the cameras were operational here.

“The government will say all this revenue is your own fault because you were breaking the law and using a mobile phone. Is it fair enough or is it too harsh?,” Neil Mitchell said.

“You wouldn’t even know it’s there. You’re going under a bridge, it’s on top of the bridge, it looks into the car, sees whether you’ve got your seatbelt on, sees whether you’re touching your mobile phone, gets your number plate and bang! You’re gone.

“Is it playing a bit dirty?”

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