Mobile phone detection cameras slammed as drivers in NSW and SA rally against fines [Video]

Having an untouched phone on your lap while driving, or wearing a seatbelt underneath your shoulder have long been crimes in Australia.

But the recent enforcement of them, using mobile and seatbelt detection cameras and AI technology, has uncovered a major issue with how those road rule specifics are understood by the nation’s motorists.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mobile phone road rule confusion catching out drivers.

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A lawyer from South Australia and an employee of a rental car company in NSW, both who come in contact with a high volume of fines from various drivers, have said that they are seeing an overwhelming number of incidents involving oblivious drivers.

But confusion is not just coming from motorists — images attached to fines, in which no crime is clearly visible, are leaving innocent drivers to engage in expensive court disputes, or risk …