General News
16 March, 2023
Speeding tops list of offences during Labour Day weekend
Speeding continues to be the highest recorded traffic offence on local roads, with close to 40 drivers travelling over the speed limit picked up over the long weekend. An increased police enforcement effort saw close to 7000 offences recorded as...
Speeding continues to be the highest recorded traffic offence on local roads, with close to 40 drivers travelling over the speed limit picked up over the long weekend.
An increased police enforcement effort saw close to 7000 offences recorded as part of Operation Arid, a four-day, statewide road policing operation that ran over the Labour Day long weekend.
Across the state, speeding was the highest detected offence, with 2573 incidents recorded, followed by 727 unregistered vehicles and 396 disqualified/suspended and unlicensed drivers caught behind the wheel.
In the Goldfields Police Service Area, which covers the Central Goldfields Shire, a total 52 offences were detected throughout the operation, including 39 speeding offences.
Other offences detected locally include six unregistered vehicles, two unlicensed drivers, two mobile phone offences, one drink driver and one drug driver.
It marked a decrease from the 56 traffic related offences recorded during the same operation last year, where 43 speeding offences were recorded.
Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Glenn Weir said it was disappointing to see drivers continuing to do the wrong thing.
“Considering it was a long weekend, with high traffic volumes and good weather, we saw the majority of people doing the right thing on our roads,” he said.
“Disappointingly though, we continue to detect motorists for the type of behaviour that’s been contributing to road trauma this year — that being speed, distraction, and impaired driving.
“Police are constantly engaging with the community to educate first and enforce when the message doesn’t get through and we make no apologies for this. We are doing everything we can to reduce trauma on our roads.”