Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith wants to remind drivers to slow down, following 941 speeding infringement notices being issued on Day Three of Operation Safe Return. The long weekend road safety enforcement campaign, started at 12.01am on Friday (23 January 2015) and concludes at 11.59pm on Monday (26 January 2015). Double demerits will be in force throughout the period for speeding, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences. Speed related offences across the State include: About 7.30pm (Saturday 24 January 2015), on Day Two officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol command were patrolling The Hume Highway, Casula, when a black Honda Civic was detected allegedly driving at 156km/h in a sign posted 70km/h area. The driver, an 18-year-old man, was stopped and spoken to. He had his Provisional Licence was suspended and confiscated. A field court attendance notice was issued for drive speed dangerous to the public and exceed speed limit over 45km/h. He will appear at Liverpool Local Court on Wednesday 18 February 2015. Leichhardt Local Area Command officers were patrolling the Iron Cove Bridge , Victoria Road, Rozelle, when a car was detected allegedly driving at 130km/h in a 60km/h sign posted zone, at 3.30pm on Sunday 25 January 2015. The driver, a 26-year-old man, produced an international driver’s licence. He was issued with an infringement notice for exceed speed limit over 45km/h and a suspension notice suspending his authority to drive in NSW. About 5.45am, the same day, Northern Beaches Traffic and Highway Patrol were patrolling Mona Vale Road, Terrey Hills, when a Kawasaki motorcycle was detected allegedly driving at 122km/h in a 70km/h sign posted zone. The rider, a 37-year-old man, was issued with an infringement notice for exceed speed over 45km/h ($2252) and his licence was suspended for six months. Mid North Coast Traffic and Highway Patrol officers were patrolling Pacific Highway, Sancrox at 6.45am on Saturday 25 January 2015. A black Holden Commodore was detected driving at an alleged speed of 157km/h in a sign posted road works zone of 80km/h. The Commodore allegedly failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated, before being terminated due to safety concerns. A short time later the Holden was located crashed into fencing at Barrys Creek Road, unattended. Moments later, the driver, a 16-year-old male teen returned to the location. He was arrested and taken to Port Macquarie Police Station. The teen was charged with police pursuit – Skye’s Law, drive recklessly, exceed speed over 45km/h, driver never licensed, take and drive conveyance without consent of owner and negligent driving. He was bail refused to appear at a children’s court on Tuesday 28 January 2015. “We have been offered the usual excuses for some big speeds this weekend,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Smith said. “You being in a hurry is not an excuse especially on a long weekend where the highways are busy with families who want to make a ‘safe return’ without sharing the roads about selfish individuals.” Statistics for Day Three of Operation Safe Return; A total of 941 motorists were stopped for speeding, up from 887 on the third day of last year’s operation. A total of 2903 speed related infringement notices have been issued, this is up 312 for the same time in 2014. Three people have died on NSW roads which is two more than the same time last year. This has brought the total number of fatalities on NSW roads to four, since the start of Operation Safe Return at 12.01am on Friday 23 January 2015. On day three, 58684 breath tested were conducted and 40 people were charged with drink driving. In 2014 on Day 3 of Operation Safe Return, 53786 breath tests were conducted and 40 people were charged, which shows a decrease of 108 charges this year although that figure is provisional. Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:40:06 +0000
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