I thought I'd write a post where I can add items I find interesting about mobile phone detection cameras. These cameras also detect seatbelt offences.
1. Images are in black and white.
2. An infrared flash is used.
3. According to the following article in item 14, during 2012 and 2020 there have been "214 casualty crashes involving a driver/rider using a hand held mobile phone – resulting in 18 deaths and 292 injuries. Of those, 111 casualty crashes occurred in country NSW - resulting in 15 deaths and 149 injuries".
Mobile phone detection cameras - Mobile phone use - Staying safe - NSW Centre for Road Safety
I find those numbers interesting. A large proportion of deaths and injuries occurred in the country area. Over the 9 year period in the city area there's been an average of less than 2 deaths and 17 injuries per year. There's no mention as to whether or not the mobile phone caused/contributed towards the outcome
For the state of NSW there's approximately 2 deaths per year and 32 injuries per year. According to the following site during 2011-2015 there were 1,723 deaths and 129.320 injuries or around 345 deaths and 26,000 injuries per year. Approximately half a per cents of deaths (one in two hundred) and 0.1 per cent of injuries per year (one in a thousand) have been associated with mobile phone usage. Whilst any death or injury on our roads is not acceptable, it does feel like the emphasis on mobile phone usage is perhaps over emphasised. Even more so if we consider city usage only.
The real cost of crashes and deaths on NSW roads | Insurance and Rego | The NRMA (mynrma.com.au)
As more information reaches the press with regards to mobile phone and mobile phone detection cameras that I feel is worth sharing I'll update this post with links.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.SpeedCameraLocations.com.au
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