South Australia scraps camera parking fines
South Australia will ban ticketless parking fines issued by camera cars, requiring inspectors to physically hand out tickets instead.
The South Australian government will introduce legislation to ban councils from mailing parking fines issued by camera cars. Under the new rules, inspectors must leave a physical ticket on a car.
They must hand it to the driver. The change targets the City of Adelaide's Park Safe program.
This program uses a car with cameras to scan for illegally parked vehicles and photograph them. A bus operator said he received dozens of fines since Park Safe started but none before it.
The Local Government Association says it wasn't consulted and argues ticketless fines are more efficient. Data shows 25 per cent of contested fines were withdrawn this year.
- 25 percent
- Fines withdrawn on contest
- Dozens and dozens
- Bus operator fines since Park Safe
- City of Adelaide
- Program location
Why it mattersDrivers will get a ticket on the spot rather than finding it in the mail weeks later, and they'll know exactly who issued it.
AustraliaSouth Australian motorists will no longer receive parking fines by mail after an automated camera scans their car; an inspector must be present at the time of issue.
Corroborated bysmh.com.au·theage.com.au
