Anyone with dash-cam or mobile phone footage of driving offences, including dangerous driving, road rage, careless driving, mobile phone, red light and seatbelt offences can now upload it directly to the police.

Police say dangerous driving is the latest crime type to feature on its online reporting portal, with historic sexual assaults, petrol drive offs and property damage/vandalism incidents already featured.

People can still report dangerous driving to Crime Stoppers, the police assistance line (131444) or at a police station.

Supt Brian Diplock said reporting dangerous driving incidents online would streamline the process for the public.

“Previously, members of the public would need to physically attend a police station with a memory stick or similar to provide police with vision or images of offences,” he said.

“Adding dangerous driving to our online portal makes reporting these incidents far easier for the public, but also for police, freeing up officers in stations to respond to more time-critical matters. This will see positive flow-on effects for the community.

“Police often say we can be anywhere, at any time, but with online reporting, this now means anyone who safely films illegal driving activity can quickly and easily upload it to our online portal, potentially contributing to greater accountability for Canberra drivers.

“One point to emphasise though – if it’s happened, report online; if it’s happening, call 131 444, or Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.”