Revenue from seatbelt fines spikes 1,400% in NSW as AI cameras peer into 140m cars
Exclusive: Isabel was fined three times in one week in Sydney. ‘I was like, there’s been some kind of malfunction,’ she saidGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIsabel didn’t even realise she had broken the law until three fines turned up in her mailbox.The fines –...
<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Isabel was fined three times in one week in Sydney. ‘I was like, there’s been some kind of malfunction,’ she said</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Isabel didn’t even realise she had broken the law until three fines turned up in her mailbox.</p><p>The fines – collectively worth more than $1,200 and nine demerit points – were all for seatbelt offences within the same week in Sydney while she helped a friend move house.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/13/seatbelt-fines-spike-revenue-nsw-ai-artificial-intellegence-cameras-peer-into-cars">Continue reading...</a>
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