How to spot the different types of mobile phone camera around Australia slugging drivers with fines: ‘No one knows what these are’
- Social media user shows the two types of mobile detection cameras
- Hady Saleh said his mates never knew what they were until he told them
- Fines for drivers being caught on their phone range from $362 to $1,072
Mobile phone detection cameras have become commonplace in Australia in a bid to stop people driving with their device but many people don’t even know what to look out for.
The NSW Government was the first jurisdiction in the world to roll out mobile detection cameras in early 2020.
Since then, the cameras have become permanent additions in NSW and Queensland and are being trialled for use in Victoria, the ACT and South Australia.
Hady Saleh posted a video to TikTok explaining what the different types of mobile phone cameras look like across the country.
Mr Saleh said his friends didn’t know what they were or what to look out for so he felt like he needed to inform everyone.
Aussie TikToker Hady Saleh (pictured) showed drivers what each mobile phone detection camera looks like after he says people don’t know what they look like, ‘No one knows what these are’
The phone detection cameras catch drivers who are handling their mobile phones while behind the wheel (pictured)
‘Every time one of my mates are driving and they drive past this they don’t know what it is,’ Mr Saleh said, pointing to one of the big yellow cameras.
‘I tell them, brother put your phone away it is a phone camera.
‘If you are driving on any highway and see these black boxes that is a phone camera too.’
The black boxes he referenced were used on high-speed roads and located on top of street signs.
They were rectangular black boxes with cameras on either side of them.
In NSW the penalty for using your phone while driving is a $362 fine and five demerit points, while in Queensland it is a more stringent $1,078 fine and four demerit points
The mobile phone cameras found in NSW have led to plenty of fines, including this one seen in north Sydney
The other type of camera found across Australia is large and yellow but despite this are often difficult to spot as they look almost like a roadworks trailer or are mounted in gantries.
The yellow camera is a trailer-mounted camera that can be moved around to any hotspot and was introduced shortly after its black counterpart.
The video has been seen by more than 250,000 people with users online thanking Mr Saleh for the information.
There are various mobile phone detection cameras in Australian, including this one seen south of Brisbane, Queensland
‘Damn I never knew this, thanks bro,’ one person commented.
‘Aren’t those a light for roadworks,’ another shocked user said.
‘Omg I didn’t know that,’ said a third.
In NSW the penalty for using your phone while driving is a $362 fine and five demerit points, while in Queensland it is a more stringent $1,078 fine and four demerit points.
The location of the cameras, and how many are situated across the country, is not released by any state government.
