Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs “They will complement existing fixed safety cameras installed on the Kwinana Freeway at Gentilli Way (Salter Point) and Mill Point Road (South Perth).”Those sites have not yet been used for enforcement services, but that is set to change as of Australia Day, with drivers to be issued cautions for any illegal behaviour spotted by the fixed cameras on the Kwinana Freeway and by the new safety camera trailers operating statewide.Mobile point-to-point speed cameras on WA roads.Credit: WA GovernmentAll fines generated from the cameras will be paid to the Road Trauma Trust Account and these funds must be used for road safety initiatives, Hamilton said.A trial of a mobile camera pointed at just one lane on the Kwinana Freeway near Salter Point in November spotted more than 6300 people using their mobiles while driving, and 5100 not wearing their seatbelts, WA government data showed.Had that camera been used to issue fines, it could have netted the Road Trauma Trust Account anywhere from $5 million to $10 million, depending on the severity of the offences.Loading“These new fixed cameras in conjunction with the new fleet of mobile road safety cameras are game changers,” Hamilton said.“The evidence from the deployment of similar cameras in NSW and Queensland has shown a dramatic drop in the number of people on their mobile phones or not wearing a seatbelt.“It is very simple, if you think you are going to be caught doing the wrong thing then most people change their behaviour.”The tenders for the new freeway cameras are expected to be awarded in the third quarter of this year, with installation expected to begin at the end of this year and the first part of next year.The Road Safety Strategy has a set target to reduce the number of people fatally, severely or seriously injured on our roads by 50-70 per cent by 2030, and to zero by 2050.Nearly 190 people died on WA’s roads in 2024, the highest road toll for the state in 10 years.Get to the heart of what’s happening with climate change and the environment. Sign up for our fortnightly Environment newsletter.
