Published | 5 October 2026
RACT has called on the Tasmanian Government to redirect 100% of the revenue raised by mobile speed cameras to road safety as part of a suite of initiatives to tackle Tasmania’s unacceptable road toll.
Releasing RACT’s submission to Tasmania’s next Road Safety Strategy, RACT Group CEO, Mark Mugnaioni, said a dramatically different approach was needed to reduce the number of Tasmanians killed and injured on our roads
“The Towards Zero Strategy set a goal to reduce serious injuries and deaths to less than 200 a year by 2026 but, despite good intentions, the unavoidable truth is the strategy failed,” Mr Mugnaioni said.
“Nearly every day a Tasmanian is killed or has their life irreversibly altered in a crash.
“The question we must ask as a community is: can we be doing more to reduce the number of people being killed and seriously injured on our roads? RACT believes the answer is clearly yes.
“Continuing with the same policies, or tinkering at the edges, means accepting failure.”
RACT is calling for an expansion of the network of automated road safety cameras, including greater deployment hours and coverage of high-risk roads.
This must be accompanied by legislation to direct 100 per cent of revenue from camera-detected traffic offences to road safety initiatives.
“Mobile cameras have shown promising results in driving behavioural change but RACT wants to see the revenue invested transparently in road safety initiatives, including education, research and infrastructure investment,” Mr Mugnaioni said.
“Over 80 per cent of RACT members support automated speed cameras and 95 per cent support fine revenue being directly reinvested in road safety.”
RACT’s submission also calls on the State Government to develop a geospatial road safety risk map and a rolling 40-year plan for the whole road network, supported by detailed 10-year major corridor plans and an immediate program of interim safety measures.
This should include reducing speeds on roads where current limits exceed the safety of the infrastructure, particularly where major upgrades are years away.
RACT has identified the Bass Highway as the next major corridor investment priority, alongside completion of the Midland Highway program, with future priorities to be informed by the statewide risk assessment.
Mr Mugnaioni said the strategy should also reflect the State Government’s commendable focus on young and inexperienced drivers, who are consistently overrepresented in road crash statistics.
“Our work with the Tasmanian Government to deliver a $5 million youth road safety initiative has identified clear opportunities to improve the way we teach young people to drive and equip them to be safer on our roads” he said.
“The strategy should include a specific focus on building the capability of parent and driver supervisors, alongside the traditional focus on the learner driver.
“We also support the introduction of Used Car Safety Ratings and exploration of ways to improve access to safer used vehicles, recognising the affordability constraints faced by younger and lower-income motorists.”
See the RACT Submission to the New Tasmanian Road Safety Strategy