<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An upgrade to NSW's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/mobile-phones" rel="" target="" title="mobile phone"><span>mobile phone</span></a><span> and seatbelt detection cameras is on the way.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The new </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology" rel="" target="" title="technology"><span>technology</span></a><span>, which will allow </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/cameras" rel="" target="" title="cameras"><span>cameras</span></a><span> to spot drivers on their phones or not wearing their seatbelts in both directions of traffic, is set to begin its expansion next month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Currently, the cameras can only check up to two lanes of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/traffic" rel="" target="" title="traffic"><span>traffic</span></a><span> heading in one direction.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/inflation-australia-january-2026-cpi-interest-rates-implications/6b382a95-929e-4fda-9d88-1df3ed7cc0b0" target="_blank"><strong><span>Inflation comes in hotter than expected again, raising chance of interest rate hike</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport for NSW Secretary Josh Murray said that the two-way camera upgrades will be made to the 10 current models of mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One in just under every 1300 vehicles checked by these cameras in 2025 had someone breaking seatbelt laws," Murray said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"While around one in every 1200 were caught using their mobile phone illegally, compared to as many as one in every 400 cars when we first started camera enforcement of mobile phone offences."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-government-announces-latest-upgrades-to-mobile-phone-and-seatbelt-detection-cameras/6027fea4-b83c-4c6c-8af9-0ef6552a10c6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/chocolate-increasingly-targeted-in-thefts-uk-stores-now-protected-in-plastic-cases/3e413a8a-191a-4eca-bd5e-4fa19dc35ebf" target="_blank"><strong><span>Shops locking up chocolate as theft focus shifts in UK</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know lives have been saved as people change their behaviours in response to awareness and education with seatbelt use and distractions through phone use featuring as key contributors to the road toll."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Murray said that while the expansion of the two-way cameras is set to begin next month, the official rollout of the improved cameras on roads across the state will take up to six months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>