Mobile phone detection cameras beinginstalled installed across Adelaide

Mobile phone detection cameras across Adelaide will be installed next month. Find out where they are located.

Mobile phone detection cameras across Adelaide will be installed next month, capturing motorists on their devices.

The cameras are set to go live from June with a three month grace period for motorists caught on their phones.

However, from September, motorists will be slapped with the current fine for illegally using a mobile phone – $540, plus a $99 victims of crime levy and three demerit points.

In January, The Advertiser revealed the cameras would be installed on the Southern Expressway at Darlington, on South Rd at Torrensville, on the North-South Motorway at Regency Park, on Port Rd at Hindmarsh and on Port Wakefield Rd at Gepps Cross.

The cameras are already operational in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Picture: Supplied Queensland Police

Mobile phone detection cameras across Adelaide will be switched on capturing motorists on their devices in a trial from next month. Picture Dean Martin

Mobile phone detection cameras are already operational in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, with a three-month grace period underway in the ACT.

Earlier this year, Police Minister Joe Szakacs said the cameras would serve as “another crucial tool to address driver distraction”.

“We know inattention is the leading cause of death and serious injury on South Australian roads, with using a mobile phone while driving increasing your crash risk by at least four times,” he said.

“We’re out to change behaviour and help drivers realise that there is no safe level of mobile use while driving.”