AI-Powered Cameras to Begin Fining WA Drivers After Trial Period
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- Date Published
- 1 Sept 2025
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- 2 Sept 2025, 03:51 pm
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<p>During the caution period, more than 60,000 notices were issued for more than 275,000 offences.</p>
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The article reports on the implementation of AI-powered cameras in Western Australia that will soon issue fines for traffic violations such as speeding, mobile phone use, and incorrect seatbelt usage. These cameras, introduced in a trial earlier this year, highlight the use of AI in practical governance applications rather than global AI safety or existential risk issues. By efficiently detecting multiple offenses, the technology aims to improve road safety outcomes, emphasizing local governance over existential AI safety discussions. The relevance mainly focuses on traffic management and road safety policy in an Australian context.
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Drivers inWestern Australiawill be hit with fines from next month if they are caught by the state's new safety cameras.After a seven-month introductory period, the new cameras will use artificial intelligence to detect drivers speeding, using a mobile phone and wearing a seatbelt incorrectly.During the caution period, more than 60,000 notices were issued for more than 275,000 offences.READ MORE:CEO fired for 'inappropriate' relationship with employeeWA's smart cameras to start fining drivers after seven-month caution period(Supplied)From October 8, drivers will receive fines for breaking the road rules.Six mobile safety cameras, including trailer and fixed freeway cameras, were introduced in the state in late January to detect multiple offences simultaneously.The government also upgraded fixed cameras at two sites on the Kwinana Freeway as part of the rollout.The new safety cameras will complement the existing fleet of automated speed cameras operated by the WA Police Force.According to the WA government, the safety camera program is funded through the Road Trauma Trust Account.This will see 100 per cent of safety camera infringement revenue allocated to projects and programs which reduce injuries and deaths on the state's roads.Last year, Western Australia saw its deadliest road toll in almost a decade with more than 180 road deaths.DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on theApple App StoreandGoogle Play.