New road safety camera technology is regularly tested and trialled in Victoria before it's considered for use on our roads.
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) conducts trials to assess whether new technology is safe, effective and accurate and determine its ability to integrate into the Road Safety Camera Program.
While cameras and other technology are being assessed during these trials, they do not issue any fines. However, Victoria Police continues to patrol areas where trials are occurring as part of normal road policing and enforcement duties. Police target dangerous and risky road user behaviours such as speeding, misuse of seatbelts and distracted driving (use of a portable device or mobile phone).
New and emerging technologies that may be trialled include:
- emerging technology camera devices and systems
- new software and hardware
- artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.
You may notice trials taking place on roads as new cameras are being tested. At other times, trials will not be visible because they are a software change.
The Victorian Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030 commits to halving road deaths by 2030 and eliminating deaths from our roads by 2050. To achieve this goal we need more people to drive safely. Unsafe driving is a factor in too many preventable deaths on our roads.
Road safety cameras are a proven tool. We use them to remind drivers to wear their seatbelts, not speed and not use portable devices or mobile phones while driving.
When a trial uses equipment that might be unfamiliar to drivers, we will publish information about it on this page so you can know what to expect.
Trials of new mobile road safety trailer camera
From 21 July 2025 through to 2026, DJCS will be trialling new mobile road safety trailer technology in:
- Tottenham
- Port Melbourne
- Toorak
- Caulfield South
- Heatherton
- Healesville
- Oaklands Junction.
The trial aims to assess if trailers provide greater flexibility for our mobile digital road safety camera operation.
The trailers are fitted with the same technology currently used in the mobile digital road safety cameras that enforce speeding non-compliance.
During this trial, the new mobile road safety trailer camera being assessed will not issue fines.
More information
If you would like to learn more about DJCS-led trials of road safety camera technology, you can submit a request through our online feedback form.
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