The Automated Traffic Enforcement Program will implement a new program of mobile speed cameras around Tasmania to reduce the level of speed related road trauma and support the Government’s target of fewer than 200 deaths and serious injuries by 2026.
In early 2022, the Government engaged Sensys Gatso to deliver mobile speed camera services in Tasmania.
Sensys Gatso will initially provide eight new mobile speed cameras using a mix of highly visible trailers and more covert vehicles.
These new mobile speed cameras can be anywhere, at any time. If you are caught speeding, you will have to pay a fine, incur demerit points and may be disqualified from driving (learn more about penalties and Infringements).
Over time, additional technologies able to detect offences such mobile phone use while driving, not wearing a seatbelt and average speed will be investigated and trialled.
Mobile speed cameras will only be located at sites that have been approved by the Tasmanian Government.
This program will employ Tasmanians and be operated out of command centres in both Hobart and Launceston.
The Tasman Bridge is an important piece of road infrastructure for southern Tasmania. It has the largest traffic volume in the state with approximately 72,000 vehicles travelling over the bridge every day.
High traffic volume creates a greater opportunity for conflicts between vehicles with each crash having the potential to cause life changing injuries. Crashes on the Tasman Bridge are not only dangerous for vehicle occupants but also increases congestion and travel times.
Road safety camera enforcement on the Tasman Bridge has played an important role in deterring dangerous and illegal driving behaviour since the early 1990s.
New speed enforcement technology is being trialled on the Tasman Bridge by the Department of State Growth.
This trial will commence in late February 2025.
