Canberra’s Easter break failed to record any deaths on the Territory’s roads but too many drivers taking too many unnecessary risks prompted ACT Policing to be busy booking bad drivers.
Police Detective Sergeant Bill Evans said good news for the holiday was that there were no fatal collisions over the long weekend with police out in force to detect drivers who didn’t obey the road rules.
“During the five-day double demerit point period, 167 motorists were caught speeding, 14 of those drivers were detected at more than 30km/h over the posted speed limit,” Detective Sergeant Evans said.
“Eight drivers returned positive results to roadside drug tests, and we also detected 41 unregistered vehicles, of which 29 had no compulsory third party insurance,” he said.
“The number of people choosing to drink and drive was lower, with four drink-drivers detected from more than 1,800 tests conducted.”
Detective Sergeant Evans said it was a good result given the number of tests conducted, but was still “four too many”.
Officer in Charge of Road Policing, Detective Inspector Donna Hofmeier said ACT Police conducted a joint operation with the NSW Police Force to target road safety on the Kings Highway.
Detective Inspector Hofmeier said traffic always increased over Easter as people travelled to and from the ACT so, police worked on both sides of the border to target dangerous driving behaviour.
