ACT Police is to target speeding drivers this month (July) after seeing the number of ACT speeding drivers rise dramatically since the start of the year.
Officer-in-Charge of Road Policing, Detective Inspector Marcus Boorman said the monthly average number of Traffic Infringement Notices issued for speeding in 2020 was more than 30 per cent higher than the monthly average of Notices in each of the past three years.
Detective Inspector Boorman said July was traditionally a month-long focus on speeding as part of ACT Policing and the Justice and Community Safety Directorate’s Road Safety calendar.
“I’ve spoken a lot this year about how Canberra’s roads are not a race track,” Detective Inspector Boorman said.
“Road Policing officers issued nearly 500 Infringement Notices a month for speeding, until the end of May this year,” he said.
“We usually issue about 340 speeding infringements a month.”
Detective Inspector Boorman said ACT Policing would issue regular updates on the number of motorists caught speeding during July and would run several dedicated operational days where speeding motorists were specifically targeted.
“We are still detecting high-range speeding drivers at speeds that go beyond stupidity,” he said.
“It’s dangerous for everybody, it’s a threat to the community’s safety, and we’re about to go on the front foot after drivers who use too much of their right foot.”
He said speed limits were clear and ACT Police were taking a “zero-tolerance approach” to drivers caught speeding.
