Safe-T-Cam

Safe-T-Cam is a network of cameras strategically placed on major arterial roads that record, verify and store information on heavy vehicle movements in South Australia and New South Wales.

In South Australia and New South Wales, these cameras record:

• failure to take required rest breaks as specified by heavy vehicle driver fatigue regulations (Standard Hours – Solo Drivers)
• speeding between any two or more Safe-T-Cam sites.
• attempts to avoid detection at any Safe-T-Cam site
• driving a vehicle or combination that is unregistered and or uninsured.

The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) also provides the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) with information about heavy vehicles passing through or originating from South Australia.

What are you required to do by law?

As a solo driver of a vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Mass or Gross Combination Vehicle Mass of over 12 tonnes, operating under Standard Hours:

• you must comply with all maximum work and minimum rest times in the travel times table below*, which includes:
  • must not work (including drive) for more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period;
  • must rest for a minimum period of 15 minutes in any five and a half hours
• you must carry and maintain a National Driver Work Diary for non local area work (more than 100km from your base)
• you must not exceed 100 kph throughout Australia (90 kph in South Australia when driving a road train)

If you are participating in Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) or Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) you are able to access more flexible work and rest hours.

• In BFM you are permitted to drive a maximum of 14 hours in any 24 hour period and must rest for a minimum period of 15 minutes in any period of 6 hours and fifteen minutes
• In AFM you are permitted to work and rest more flexible hours, these are detailed on the operators accreditation certificate

For more details about BFM and AFM see the Operating Options fact sheet.

Offences detected by Safe-T-Cam

DPTI and South Australian Police (SAPOL) will investigate drivers and operators for the following offences detected either by Safe-T-Cam or DPTI Compliance Officers:

• Driver Fatigue
  Failure to take required rest breaks as specified by heavy vehicle driver fatigue regulations (Standard Hours – Solo Drivers).
• Exceed Allowable Travel Time
  Speeding between any two or more Safe-T-Cam sites.
• Avoidance
  Avoiding detection at any Safe-T-Cam site is an offence.
• Failure to Produce Records
  Failure to provide driver and operator records when requested by a Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Compliance Officer or police officer is an offence.
• Registration
  Driving a vehicle or combination that is unregistered and/or uninsured

Travel times

The table below explains the maximum work and minimum rest times of a solo driver operating in South Australia
STANDARD HOURS – SOLO DRIVERS

1. Stationary rest time is the time a driver spends out of a regulated heavy vehicle or
in an approved sleeper berth of a stationary regulated heavy vehicle.

2.Night rest breaks are 7 continuous hours stationary rest time taken between the
hours of 10 pm on a day and 8 am on the next day (using the time zone of the base
of the driver) or a 24 continuous hours stationary rest break.

Average travel times between Safe-T-Cam sites

The travel time calculator works out the minimum permissible time in which a standard hours solo driver can drive between two Safe-T-Cam sites, taking into account the maximum legal speed limit for a heavy vehicle without stopping or interruption, except for required minimum rest breaks.

If a vehicle travels through two Safe-T-Cam sites in less than the allowable time the owner of the vehicle will receive a request requiring them to supply the driver’s details and driving records. This is not an expiation notice. A review of the records will commence and if an offence is found, an expiation notice or summons to attend court may be issued at a later date.

Penalties apply to drivers that have exceeded maximum work hours or have not met the minimum rest requirements. These penalties apply for offences originating in South Australia and detected in New South Wales and vice-versa.

Travel time calculator

The travel time calculator can help you work out the travel time between two Safe-T-Cam sites for part of a journey or the total travel time for all of it.

Safe-T-Cam Sites in South Australia

Safe-T-Cam Sites in New South Wales

Further Information and Contact Details

Safe-T-Cam (South Australia)
Hours of business Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Phone 1300 660 279
Fax 08 8260 0435
Email DTEI.SafeTCam@sa.gov.au
Mail
Safe-T-Cam
P O Box 196
Ingle Farm SA 5098

Related Links
Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue
National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme (NHVAS)

Further information is available at:www.transport.sa.gov.au/freight/driver_fatigue/index.asp