Aussie ute driver fumes as fellow motorist dobs him in with dashcam 'crusade'
The aggrieved driver took to social media this week to share a letter they received from the Australian Federal Police telling them their vehicle was identified as committing offences on the road in Canberra "by a member of the public, and submitted to police".
Police provided an image taken from the other motorist's dashcam which shows the ute driver appearing over the line while turning at an intersection with the light yellow. The letter from authorities said the driver was caught for not stopping at the stop line on a red arrow and for not displaying P-plates as required.
"I appear to be in the intersection during what looks very much like a yellow light. The charges seem a bit detached from reality," the driver complained online.
"Regarding the P-plates, I'm not a provisional driver. I was driving a friend's car... now he's the one who has to carry the weight of this noble crusade, facing increased scrutiny in future police encounters because your report will now be on record," they added.
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The notice from authorities did not come with a fine and was just a "formal warning" but, "police will be able to see you have been issued a caution and will take that into consideration when dealing with you if there is are any further offences in the future," the letter said.
The anonymous driver submitted the footage via the ACT's Dangerous Driving online reporting portal.
With the increased prevalence of private dashcams on our roads, jurisdictions around the country urge motorists to dob in their fellow drivers doing the wrong thing.
ACT Police expanded its online report portal in May last year enabling people to upload footage. Some 360 dangerous driving reports were already submitted in the following four months, with 167 of those including a fine.
"While police are happy to see so many people are already using the online portal, we are very disappointed to see the volume of poor driving behaviour occurring daily," Road Policing Detective Inspector Mark Steel said at the time.
Just about every state and territory has their own online portal where drivers can help authorities catch road transgressions. In 2020 police in NSW launched a campaign asking motorists to report any drivers they believed were under the influence of drugs and alcohol, or using a mobile phone behind the wheel while Queensland embraced the tactic to crackdown on hooning drivers in 2022.
It's hard to know just how many dashcams are active on our roads, but research by insurance giant Allianz in 2019 pointed to a surge in sales, suggesting one in five drivers had one. If that number holds true, it would amount to about 4 million dashcams on vehicles across the country.
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