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Dangerous Driving and FAQs on reporting

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Dangerous driving includes but is not limited to:

  • driving without due care and attention
  • careless driving
  • using a mobile phone handheld
  • not wearing a seat belt
  • contravening a red traffic light and
  • contravening solid white lines

Report Dangerous Driving Online

Call police

If there has been a serious physical or verbal act of violence following a driving incident report this to police on 131 444.

If the threat is happening now call Triple Zero (000).

Criteria for submitting dangerous driving footage

  • Submissions must be in video format not screen shots or photos
  • Ideally the date and time stamp on the video should be correct. Your witness statement must clearly state what time/date the incident occurred.
  • The footage has been  captured within the last 14 days. We generally will not proceed with a matter unless the footage is sent to us in a timely manner after the incident.

Storage of footage

  • The footage which you submit along with your statement will be stored securely on a cloud server. All material associated with an offence or prosecution will be retained in line with Police and government legislated retention policies.
  • Footage submitted for accepted Dangerous Driving reports may be used for media, training or publication purposes.
  • It will be your responsibility to ensure that the original footage is saved in its original format. This could be for example on the internal memory of the device or perhaps on an external storage medium such as an SD card. It can also be copied to a laptop or other device, in its original format.
  • You will not need to hand your recording device such as your mobile phone to police
Warning

Do not post footage of dangerous driving on social media. Your footage should not be in the public domain as this may adversely affect any subsequent proceedings.

Frequently asked questions

Footage

After submission

The driver

If you think someone has reported you using the online Dangerous Driving report and wish to discuss this with police contact the ACT Policing Road Policing team at ACTP-DangerousDriving@afp.gov.au