'I'm incredibly disturbed': Transport Minister reacts after high-tech cameras capture images of unrestrained children in cars

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'I'm incredibly disturbed': Transport Minister reacts after high-tech cameras capture images of unrestrained children in cars
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Queensland drivers have been caught without seatbelts, or with children and babies being held by passengers as Mark Bailey says the behaviour is unacceptable.

Queensland's Transport Minister Mark Bailey says he is "incredibly disturbed" by traffic cameras picking up multiple instances of children and infants being put at risk by unsafe seatbelt use.Queensland's transport minister has released photos of drivers not using seatbelts safelyNearly 29,000 people have been fined for incorrect seatbelt use in the past six months

"We are now putting out some images of the variations of unsafe seatbelt wearing we are seeing across Queensland, after instances of people claiming they were wrongly fined," Mr Bailey said. Drivers being pinged with their seatbelt under their arm has been common, Transport Minister Mark Bailey says.The photos snapped by the new traffic cameras show both drivers and passengers doing the wrong thing, or children not restrained safely.In another, a car passenger holds an infant with the baby's legs tucked under the seatbelt.

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