Only 20% of 190,000 traffic camera fines successfully served

Only one in five attempts to serve traffic camera fines has been successful, lawmakers heard on Wednesday, as authorities defended the current enforcement process while work continues on legislation that would allow fines to be served electronically.

Figures presented to the House legal affairs committee by the road transport department showed that just 20 per cent of approximately 190,000 attempts to serve out-of-court fines had been successful....