Aussie drivers are fined $752k per day for breaking road rules – and that’s just in one state

Australian motorists in one state are being fined the equivalent of $752,000 a day for road offences caught by a camera, such as speeding and phone use.

The damning figure comes from the latest Transport and Main Roads annual report for Queensland.

It found that residents paid $274.5million in fines in the previous financial year under the state’s Camera Detected Offence Program.

Queensland drivers caught by cameras speeding, using their phones, running red lights or not wearing a seatbelt paid $274.5million in fines in the previous financial year (stock image) 

The program encompasses cameras used to check for drivers speeding, using mobile phones, running red lights or not wearing a seatbelt.

The report revealed a 36 per cent increase in the number of offences being committed compared to the previous financial year, with drivers paying $70million more in fines.

That figure is likely due to the Camera Detected Offence Program expanding last December to include drivers using their mobile phones or not wearing their seatbelt.

There were more than 790,000 fines for speeding offences caught on camera including 580,470 for mobile speed cameras, 205,863 for fixed speed cameras and 5724 for point-to-point cameras. 

A whopping 580,470 fines were issued to motorists caught using their mobile phone. 

However, the report explained that the number of mobile phone offences detected on cameras had decreased from December to July. 

There has been a 36 per cent increase in the amount of road offences in Queensland, with drivers paying $70million more in penalties compared to the previous financial year (pictured, a police checkpoint in the Gold Coast, Queensland) 

Revenue collected by the state government from traffic offences goes back into road safety campaigns, education programs and improving sections of the road where crashes most frequently occur.

Some of the money has been to create new rest stops and upgrade the Warrego, Landsborough and Bruce Highways.  

Queensland currently has the strictest road rules in the country and the highest penalties for offences.