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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Peter Brewer

Phone detection cameras ring the tills, with 161 motorists caught per day

The ACT government now is raking in, on average, well over half a million dollars a week from its mobile device detection camera program, with 1.16 million vehicles checked since the enforcement period began on February 20.

There have been 2576 infringements issued by Access Canberra in the first two weeks of the enforcement period, representing a net income to the government coffers of well over $1.3 million given the minimum fine for the offence is $514 and the penalty three demerits points.

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