WA AI cameras overturn seatbelt fines at twice the rate police prosecutors drop
WA's AI seatbelt cameras issued more than 81,412 fines. Prosecutors dismissed hundreds as unprovable. And 5,700 were overturned on review.
Western Australia's AI cameras have caught over 81,000 drivers for suspected seatbelt violations since launch. The figures expose a gap: what the cameras flag does not always hold up in court.
About 5,700 fines, 7 per cent, were overturned through the Department of Transport review process. Police prosecutors separately dumped hundreds more cases.
They decided there was no real chance of winning. A Perth driver's fine was overturned after his daughter's seatbelt slipped while they drove on the Kwinana Freeway.
Another driver was fined when a passenger's seatbelt slipped. She reached back to give a child a bottle.
The technology reviews images before issuing fines. But critics say inconclusive photos still slip past human reviewers.
This forces drivers to prove they did nothing wrong.
- 81,412
- Fines issued
- 5,700 (7 per cent)
- Fines overturned
- 76 per cent
- Detection decline
- Western Australia
- Location
Why it mattersIf AI detects an offence but prosecutors cannot prove it, you might get a fine and lose demerit points. You could face this with no real proof that you broke the law.
AustraliaWA drivers caught by these cameras face $423 fines and demerit points that can lift insurance premiums, even if the photo is unclear or inconclusive.
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