Safe-T-Cam - New South Wales

People respond to incentives.

Speed and fatigue are major factors in heavy vehicle accidents.

Since its introduction in 1995, Safe-T-Cam has proven effective in encouraging behavioural change of heavy vehicle drivers and operators and has contributed to a reduction in the incidence of heavy vehicle speed, driver fatigue and heavy vehicle accidents.

Safe-T-Cam continues to assist the RTA in building profiles of heavy vehicle operators and drivers, and provides valuable information on the incidence of speed and fatigue on major transports routes throughout New South Wales.

A network of cameras takes pictures of the front license plate of passing vehicles with date and time. Speed is measured not instaneously, but by time between cameras. There are penalties for speeding and driving too many hours in a given period.