Australia will implement new tough driving regulations beginning October 31, 2025, and fines of up to $1,500 payment should a person use his/her phone whilst driving. These harsher punishments are designed in the attempt to deal with distracted driving, which is one of the most common causes of road accidents in the country.
The tytical particulars of the New Phone Use Fines in 2025:
– The fines are between 1200 to 1500 dollars depending on the offence (e.g., having the phone, sending a text, or reading whilst because of the driving).
Repeat offenders attract even greater fines up to 2000 dollars, with greater demerit points and even up to six months suspension of the license.
– While driving in school zones, a phone use costs more punishments like fines of 1,800 dollars and more demerit points because of elevated risks to children.
– Phone that is hands free can be used as long as it is mounted and is never touched with hands during usage.
– Fines are in place even when the phone is switched off or not currently in use but literally carried or lay against the body when driving.
– These rules are being enforced by trained automated AI-powered mobile phone detection cameras that record evidence 24 / 7 to enforce the rules in some states.
Impact and Enforcement
– These increased penalties are supposed to be taken by the government as a powerful deterrent against distracted driving habits.
Enforcement will be accompanied by road safety campaigns and education that will reduce accidents due to mobile phone distractions.
– The reaction of the populace has been varied, with safety activists on the side of the stricter legislation, and a few motorists finding the penalties to be prohibitive but worth the cost in terms of safer highways.
Altogether, the new driving regulations of October 2025 in Australia introduce a zero-tolerance response to the use of mobile phones in the cab aimed at improving safety and responsibility through substantial fines and possible dissolution of the license.
