Transport and Main Roads have commissioned an independent review into the Camera Detected Offence Program after a design fault was uncovered in the mobile phone and seatbelt camera system.
The fault has resulted in drivers having double demerit points incorrectly applied for a passenger seatbelt offence captured by the cameras between 1 November 2021 and 31 August 2023.
The fault was identified during an analysis of offences issued by the system and was immediately rectified.
For a small number of Queenslanders, this has resulted in their licence being suspended incorrectly or drivers serving a “good driving behaviour period”.
Transport and Main Roads will be contacting all impacted drivers in the coming days.
There will be a full and urgent independent review of this matter.
A driver is only impacted when:
- They have committed 2 or more seatbelt offences within a period of 12-months; and
- One of those offences was a camera-detected offence where a passenger not correctly wearing a seatbelt.
