Design fault blamed for drivers, who were caught with a passenger breaking seatbelt laws, being issued double demerit points
A design fault in Queensland’s mobile phone and seatbelt cameras led to almost 2,000 people being incorrectly fined and more than 600 drivers losing their licence.
The affected drivers were all captured committing a passenger seatbelt offence, however Bailey said double demerit points had been incorrectly issued for 1,842 drivers from November 1, 2021, to August 31 this year, while 626 licences had been wrongly suspended.“I’m very sorry to every person who has been impacted by this.
The glitch was picked up in a routine analysis of department trends, with a 24-hour hotline set up for affected drivers. Laws targeting drivers using their mobile phones were introduced in July 2021, with almost 1,800 people caught offending in the first week cameras were in use.
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