WA’s first fixed speed camera has been installed on the Mitchell Freeway in an attempt to slow down speeding motorists and reduce the State’s road toll.

Features of the rear facing infra red camera are that it covers all three lanes, does not emit a visible white light flash, and is capable of also catching speeding motorcyclists since the images are captured as vehicles pass the camera site.

“The camera is situated in a cabinet on the freeway near the Karrinyup Road exit and the site was chosen as a result of local crash statistics,” said State Traffic Operations Inspector Mark Ridley.

The first fixed camera site is being trialled over the next few days and will go live on 23 December.

State Traffic Operations Inspector Mark Ridley and Senior Constable John Pintabona with the fixed speed camera