SA Police will withdraw thousands of fines, totalling about $2 million, that happened to be unpaid during a six-day window earlier this month in the fallout of a Supreme Court decision that briefly upended the state's traffic expiations system.
The court overturned a man's fine because the red light camera that captured his vehicle had not been tested properly.
Justice Greg Parker found David Woolmer's fine and conviction were invalid because police had not tested the camera by driving a vehicle through the intersection during a red-light, as required by regulations.
As a result, SA Police announced the suspension of more than 3,800 fines for disobeying red lights, unpaid as of the date of the judgement.
This morning police announced all of those suspended fines, plus those that would have been issued over the six subsequent days, would be withdrawn.
The lost revenue amounts to about $2 million.
The court decision, which also forced police to begin temporarily closing South Australia's 134 red light camera sites once a month, will not be appealed.
Expiation notices for offences detected since October 8, at the intersections tested in accordance with the court ruling, are now being issued.
"SAPOL have been testing red light cameras by driving a police vehicle through a red light in controlled conditions," a police spokesperson said in a statement.
"SAPOL maintains absolute confidence in the operation and accuracy of red light cameras.
"People receiving an expiation notice for disobeying a red light with an offence date on or since 8 October 2020 should take action in accordance with the instructions on the rear of the notice."
