Victorian automatic phone cameras have come under fire following an infringement issued to a man appearing to show the camera his middle finger.

Victoria’s automated mobile phone and seatbelt camera network has seemingly come under fire after a man was allegedly fined for what commenters say, looks like he’s “flipping the camera off”.

The man was fined on the first of October and sent evidence that appears to show him with his seatbelt on and no phone in his hand.

In a letter written to contest the fine, and later posted to Facebook via “Council Government watch Australia”, it reads that the driver was given a false infringement notice of $661, alleging he was on the phone.

“… based on an AI-generated image that, upon inspection, shows no mobile phone present in my hands. In fact, both

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