Victoria's speed camera watchdog has warned a wide range of road users — from tradies to large companies — are unfairly using the law to pay a $3,000 fine instead of losing individual licences for dangerous driving offences.

Key points: The Road Safety Camera Commissioner expressed concern about Victorian businesses treating dangerous driving fines as a "cost of doing business"

The Road Safety Camera Commissioner expressed concern about Victorian businesses treating dangerous driving fines as a "cost of doing business" He urged the Government to change the law so that company cars lost their registration for the same period a driver would if they were caught

He urged the Government to change the law so that company cars lost their registration for the same period a driver would if they were caught The Government said the numbers were "incredibly disappointing" and it would review the commissioner's recommendations

An investigation by the Road Safety Camera Commissioner looked at the law around company-owned vehicles and infringements such as red-traffic-light fines and speeding.

Under the laws, companies that get a fine do not have to tell Victoria Police who was driving at the time of the infringement, if they pay the $3,000.

This compares to paying around $300 if they do say who was driving.

The commissioner's data-crunching found that in the last two financial years, companies paid off more than 50,000 inflated fines and did not disclose the driver as a result.

Of those infringements, 4,280 drivers would have lost their licences automatically if they had been identified.

Commissioner John Voyage said it was clear this avoidance was intentional.

"I can't believe that this is being done for any reason other than to protect drivers licences for people who shouldn't be on our roads," he said.

Many of the fines come with photos of the car in question, its location and sometimes even a photo of the driver behind the wheel.

One company racked up $93,000 in fines to avoid individual employees losing their licences. ( ABC News: Margaret Burin )

"I don't understand why, in the case of small companies, [they] wouldn't know who the driver would be. In fact every company vehicle is supposed to have a logbook," Mr Voyage said.

"If it's a company-owned vehicle, the company should be ashamed if they are protecting drivers of that ilk. The fact is there's a culture and it's quite sizeable in Victoria.

"In Victoria, it is a cost of doing business. In doing so, it is unsafe to other drivers and unfair to all road users."

One vehicle avoided loss of licence 31 times

Mr Voyage said he accessed the data from the Department of Justice and Community Safety on the basis that he did not disclose the identities of companies or drivers.

However, he said those dodging the system came from a range of backgrounds.

"There are tradies involved and you can see the sort of cars tradies drive with metal boxes on the back," he said.

"There's also top-model European sports cars that are repeat offenders. There's a broad spectrum of bad offending taking place."

In one case, one single company vehicle paid off 31 loss-of-licence events in the two-year period.

That amounts to $93,000 in fines.

"We know who they are and we see their registration numbers. We see them time and again. Repeat offending," Mr Voyage said.

"There are some examples where if the public was to see the photos of the same cars travelling on many days through the same bit of road, it just is very surprising to see the temerity of these drivers."

Calls for review of 'loophole'

Mr Voyage called for changes to the system to make companies consider their ways.

One of his recommendations included making the company car lose its registration for the same amount of time as the infringement penalty if they do not nominate a driver.

He said the inflated fines being collected by the state due to the laws did not compensate for the dangers created by speeding drivers.

"I've been in this position for [more than three years] and I've never heard anybody say they're interested in the money and I've heard people say 'I'd want zero infringement if people just obeyed the law'."

The commissioner said those exploiting the laws came from a range of backgrounds. ( AAP: Julian Smith )

In a statement, Victoria Police said the report had identified a "critical gap".

It said police were "keen to explore the issue" and would work with the Department of Justice and Community Safety to ensure drivers were held to account.

The Shadow Minister for Police, David Southwick, said the Victorian Government needed to launch a review into the matter.

"It's just not good enough where we have one rule for one lot of drivers and another for others, particularly when it compromises safety," he said.

"We can't have a situation where some hoons are getting off paying, particularly where they're driving to excessive speeds where they would have lost their licence. Because of a loophole, that is not happening."

In a statement, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Lisa Neville, said the numbers were "incredibly disappointing".

"We take this investigation very seriously and will work with our road safety partners to fully review the recommendations through the Ministerial Council for Road Safety and consider any options to continue to make our roads safer," she said.