NEW cameras on the Western Highway will monitor trucks through number plate recognition technology.
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Cameras have been installed by the federal government at five sites across the state and will monitor truck number plates.
It costs between $200,000 and $800,000 to establish the sites along heavy vehicle corridors and at black spots – with Ballan being the first location on the Western Highway.
Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester said in April the new cameras were being funded under the government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative.
“Victoria’s roads will be safer for all drivers, with the roll out of new automatic number plate recognition cameras to five sites across the state’s major freight networks,” he said.
“These types of high-tech monitoring cameras have been very useful in encouraging safe driving practices.
“In the future they will be linked to other Australian states through the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator as part of a national effort to improve heavy vehicle safety,.
“Putting more cameras on the ground is a critical step towards a national camera network and better data sharing across borders will reinforce our efforts to make our major freight networks safer.”
National Heavy Vehicle Register chief executive Sal Petroccitto said the heavy vehicle camera network was part of the register’s broader plans for a national compliance and information system.
“National visibility of vehicle movements will allow the NHVR and other enforcement agencies to identify drivers and operators who systematically flout fatigue laws.”