By 9News Staff
Publication Date: 2026-03-19 12:55:00
The latest episodes of Western Australia‘S Artificial intelligencePerpetrators in the crackdown on seatbelt use include a man with an exemption who was fined nearly $20,000 and a disability services worker who says she is now too scared to drive some patients.
PerthThe AI-powered cameras have issued more than 40,000 fines in just five months and 9News was inundated with stories, some heartbreaking and frustrating driver.
The state government today urged motorists to appeal fines they disagreed with, but some callers to the Department of Transport were left on hold for an hour.
A Perth man living with a rare bone cancer disease and who has a medical exemption exempting him from wearing a seatbelt has racked up nearly 200 violations and $20,000 in fines since October.
“If my chest…
