NZTA rolls out mobile trailer cameras to catch speeding drivers in Auckland

Damien O’Carroll

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  • NZTA Waka Kotahi is introducing out the first of its new trailer-based mobile speed cameras this week.
  • The first trailers will be in Auckland, before rolling out across the country in the coming months.
  • There will be ten trailers in total, complimenting the 34 mobile cameras operating in SUVs around NZ.

As part of its takeover of the mobile speed camera enforcement programme, New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is rolling out the first of its new trailer-based roadside mobile safety cameras this week.

The camera trailers will joining the fleet of camera-equipped SUVs that have been operating across the country since May this year, and NZTA says the first trailer will be begin operating in Auckland from today (Wednesday 17 September), with nine more joining the national fleet in the coming months.

The new mobile cameras will launch in Auckland first before rolling out across the country in the coming months.

Combined with the 34 mobile cameras operating in SUVs, NZTA says that mobile cameras will be operating on average for over 6500 hours every month across the country. 

Tara Macmillan, NZTA Head of Regulatory Strategic Programmes, said that this, coupled with the Agency's "risk-based approach and 24/7 operation" will make New Zealand roads safer by deterring speeding nationwide, with drivers who continue to speed being more likely to be detected and fined.

The trailer-based cameras will compliment the fleet of 34 SUV-based cameras currently operating across New Zealand.

"The camera technology in trailers is the same as we’re using in our SUVs, but having both vehicle types gives us more flexibility to move cameras between high-risk locations quickly and easily, ensuring that we are targeting stretches of road where speeding drivers are putting themselves and others at risk," said Macmillan.

"Using mobile trailers also allows us to have our cameras out for longer stretches of time, and to set up in places that might be difficult for SUVs to operate.

"Both our trailers and SUVs will be working day and night, detecting speeding wherever and whenever it occurs."

The SUV camera vehicles have been in operation since May this year.

Like cameras in SUVs, the camera-equipped trailers can detect speeding vehicles traveling both towards and away from them, from either side of the road. They also won’t be sign posted. 

The trailers have extensive security and tracking systems, and are equipped with CCTV cameras and alarm systems to protect the equipment. They are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week.