New traffic cameras have been installed on the Federal Highway near the NSW border, to keep an eye on trucks and other heavy vehicles entering or leaving the ACT.
Minister for Roads, Chris Steel said the cameras would help ensure drivers of heavy vehicles complied with load limit regulations and avoided driver fatigue.
“In conjunction with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), these cameras will integrate with others placed at key points across the nation to help ensure safety is maintained for all road users,” Mr Steel said.
“The six new automatic number plate recognition cameras have been activated and will monitor the two lanes and emergency stopping lane in each direction on the Federal Highway.”
He said the cameras would take a photo of the front of each heavy vehicle that passes by with the date, time and number plate recorded.
Mr Steel said the NHVR provided $300,000 as part of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative, with high-tech monitoring cameras rolled out in States across Australia over the past two years to encourage safer driving practices.
Chief Executive of the NHVR, Sal Petroccitto said data from the cameras in the ACT would feed into the regulation and compliance system, collecting real time monitoring and compliance data.
“They allow authorities to better detect risky behaviour and unsafe practice on our roads which helps narrow our focus for compliance and enforcement efforts,” Mr Petroccitto said.
