Huge sum NZ drivers were fined by speed camera trailers in 6 months

More than 73,000 drivers on NZ roads have been caught by the new speed camera trailers in just six months - and those fines add up to millions of dollars.

1News reports there have been 73,170 speeding offences caught by the mobile trailers since they were introduced in September 2025.

Since then, fines given out to all those drivers who got pinged have totalled a whopping $4.65 million.

These numbers only include confirmed speeding offences. Some drivers may have been picked up by the cameras but couldn’t be verified, so didn’t make the final calculation.

And while the fines add up to more than $4 million, that’s the total value issued - not necessarily what’s actually been paid.

Some may see it as a cash grab, but NZTA insists that’s not the goal.

Head of driving regulation Chris Rodley says the cameras aim to slow people down and prevent serious crashes.

"Evidence from New Zealand and around the world shows that safety cameras are an effective tool to reduce speeding, making crashes less likely to occur, and ensure that if crashes do happen, the people involved are far more likely to walk away unharmed,” he told 1News.

He adds that the trailers are to act as a "general deterrence" - especially with them being able to be placed anywhere at any time.

"Mobile safety cameras reduce deaths and serious injuries when they discourage speeding everywhere.”

"To achieve general deterrence, cameras are deployed to locations where data shows there is a high crash risk and to other locations nominated by the community and our road safety partners," Rodley said.

There are reportedly around 10 trailers sitting across the motu at once, but, as we know, they move around… 

Let’s hope we’ll see a reduction in the number of fines over the next six months before the annual report is in.