Overview
- Infringements between October 8 and November 8 totaled more than 31,800, led by 12,288 for mobile phone use, 10,285 for seatbelt breaches and 9,282 for speeding.
- Images released by authorities show drivers using laptops and phones, eating with no hands on the wheel, and a passenger cradling an unrestrained baby.
- Revenue of about $13 million from the first month is being directed to Western Australia’s Road Trauma Trust Account for safety projects.
- Police Minister Reece Whitby said an earlier education campaign cut the monthly detected offences from roughly 47,500 to about 31,000.
- Ministers warn enforcement will continue with fines and demerit points as WA confronts a high road toll this year.