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Cameras used on NSW roads to detect people using their mobile phones while driving will be expanded to monitor seatbelt compliance. Roads Minister John Graham said despite 50 years of the seatbelt law, 10,000 people a year were fined for not wearing one. “Sadly, we continue to see lives lost each and every year in crashes in which someone did not wear a seatbelt and paid the ultimate price,” he said.
” Using the cameras to crackdown on seatbelt use is hoped to save between 17 and 26 lives over five years. The scheme will launch with a public awareness campaign and a nine-month period where people will receive warning letters instead of a fine. Regional Transport and Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison welcomed the move, citing the statistic that 84 per cent of fatalities and two-thirds of serious injuries where people are not wearing seatbelts occur on country roads.
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