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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National

Too many failures in driving penalties has exposed a worryingly flawed system

The system of penalising motorists in the ACT has taken a few knocks lately. There have been too many cases where the wrong people have been penalised, either because of an imperfect system or because it's too easy for wrong-doers to dodge penalties.

There have been, for example, several cases where the territory's spotter cameras and the computers behind them have wrongly identified drivers apparently using a phone while driving when they provably weren't on the phone.

Not only are cameras picking up drivers for offences they haven't committed, but there is also an illicit trade of demerit points for cash. Pictures by Keegan Carroll and supplied.
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