More than 700 speeding drivers a week were caught on the Tasman Bridge during recent testing of new automatic speed cameras, Pulse can reveal.
The high-tech Sensys Gatso traffic monitoring systems were installed on the bridge in February, replacing outdated cameras from the 1990s.
State Growth data shows the old cameras caught just 624 speeding drivers in the entire 2020–21 period and 458 in 2021–22, before being quietly decommissioned in 2022–23.
Now, the new system is detecting more offenders in a single week than the old cameras did in an entire year.
A State Growth spokesperson told Pulse the upgrade will result in upgraded enforcement efforts.
“The new technology will detect speeding vehicles in all bridge lanes and multiple vehicles at once, making them a strong speeding deterrent,” the spokesperson said.
“The testing phase has now ended and any suspected offences will be reviewed by suitably trained staff within the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management.”
The technology will also allow motorists who receive infringement notices to access images and videos of their alleged offences through the road user portal.
The company behind the new bridge cameras, Sensys Gatso, also operates 16 mobile speed cameras across Tasmania.
In the past 12 months alone, these mobile units have detected 60,000 traffic infringements.
