Fixed speed, mobile device detection and red-light cameras will also scan the registration status of offending vehicles from August. Photo: Region Media.
All of Canberra’s road safety camera network will soon be able to detect whether offenders are driving an unregistered vehicle.
Offending motorists picked up by Canberra’s speed, red-light and mobile device detection cameras will also have their vehicles scanned to make sure their registration is up to date.
This is scheduled to start from August.
A Transport Canberra statement outlined that no new offences were being introduced, but rather Access Canberra would start checking registration details when processing other traffic infringements.
“If a vehicle is unregistered it is also uninsured, which means that, in addition to potentially receiving multiple fines, drivers are not protected financially if they cause a motor vehicle accident,” it stated.
“Unregistered vehicles are unsafe vehicles.”
The fine for driving an unregistered vehicle is $700, while driving an uninsured vehicle costs a further $973.
These are two separate infringements as one falls under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999 and the other under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019.
Over the next few weeks, registration renewal letters will contain information about the updated processing capability so that Canberrans fully understand their obligation to register their vehicles.
An education campaign will also be launched in July.
“We are committed to ongoing education and awareness to keep our local roads safe,” a Transport Canberra statement noted.
“Safe vehicles is a key pillar of the Safe System approach to achieve Vision Zero: zero deaths or serious injuries on ACT roads.”
Most vehicles can be registered online if unregistered for less than 12 months.
If it’s been unregistered for more than a year, it will need a roadworthy inspection. This can be booked through an Access Canberra service centre.
The registration monitoring comes as a speed and red-light camera is being relocated to monitor traffic heading south on Northbourne Avenue through the Bunda Street intersection.
A Transport Canberra statement emphasised this wasn’t an additional device being added to the fixed-camera network.
“It is a relocation of an existing fixed camera, with the location chosen for several reasons including its proximity to the bus interchange and light rail stop with increased vehicle and pedestrian movement,” it stated.
Variable message signs will be put up throughout the Civic 40 km/h area to remind motorists to slow down in the “highly pedestrianised and built-up area” in the city.
ACT Policing will also continue to target those who choose to speed and put at risk vulnerable road users in the City precinct.
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