Efforts are actively being made by Victorian State authorities on the testing of new advanced road safety mobile cameras within the state. The advanced mobile road safety trailer cameras are specially designed to ensure maximum flexibility and effectiveness at monitoring risky driving behavior in hard-to-police and accident-prone locations.
| Trial Locations | Start Date | Trial End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Tottenham | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Port Melbourne | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Toorak | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Caulfield South | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Heatherton | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Healesville | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
| Oaklands Junction | 21 July 2025 | 2026 |
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) is in charge of the testing and is completely autonomous of police authorities. These new cameras are currently in the trial stage and will not be able to issue fines. “What’s new about these cameras?” The new cameras are equipped with state of the art hardware and software including possible Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications. These mobile and mounted trailer cameras can be used in more fluid and versatile settings in comparison to fixed or older mobile cameras. However, The specific details about the exact offenses monitored or how this tech differs operationally from current systems remain undisclosed officially.
How Long and Where the Trials Will Occur
As of July 21, 2025, the trailers are set to commence in the suburbs of several locations in Victoria, Australia, such as Tottenham, Port Melbourne, Toorak, Caulfield South, Heatherton, Healesville, and Oaklands Junction. The continued duration of the trials is set to expected until 2026, and the goal of the trials is to prove that the technology is safe, accurate, effective in operation, and well integrated with existing safety road camera systems.
Supporting Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy
The camera trials are part of the Victorian Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030, which aims to reduce deaths and severe injuries by 50 percent in 2030 and widely address the issue of road fatalities by 2050. Driving safely and along the set speed limit is often reinforced with road safety cameras as effective means in curbing violations such as flagrant seatbelt offenses, excessive speed, and other forms of distracted driving. The road safety cameras are also used to raise funds which are funneled to road safety improvement activities conducted under the Better Roads Victoria Trust.
Continued accuracy assurance and independent testing
On a forward-thinking basis, Victoria takes a hands-on approach with a road-safety camera system, both fixed and mobile, treating it with externally conducted assessments to determine possible verification, ambient integrity, and functional reliability, which lying hardware, software, electrical, and geography-based assessments as preliminary requirements prior to the commencement of camera sanctioning and fulfills the outlined mandates. Once the preceded benchmarks of expectations have been achieved currency, the equipment are sealed off to also avoid further strain and increased trust in the system. This approach also carries similar entity standards as outlined, although testing does not require issuing a monetary consequence as of yet.
Engaging with the Community and Stakeholders
While new technologies such as these trailers are designed to promote road safety, community activists and organizations such as the RACV remind us that the goal of enforcement should be safety—not revenue. To the DJCS, there’s no doubt that public trust on the safety of a given technology is ultimately achieved through honesty such as what types of offenses are being recorded and the mechanisms employed to police them. To enhance road safety, the public is invited to contribute to the improvement of these trials by providing feedback
What the aim of this new camera system is?
Currently, these mobile camera units are being tested with the objective of maximizing efficiency, precision, and overall satisfactory performance of road supervision on Victoria’s roads.
Can these cameras give out fines?
No, not during the trial phase. The cameras won’t be issuing fines until safety and operational performance assessments are made.
What locations are the trials taking place in?
The trials are currently taking place in various suburbs such as Toorak, Port Melbourne, Caulfield south, heatherton, and others.
Who’s those aligned to vision and mission for the road safety in the state of Victoria?
These cameras are part of enforcing the road safety strategy to reduce road fatalities by 50% by the year 2030, and eliminate them by 2050, through technology.
