Throughout October, Highway Patrol and general duties members in Eastern Division 2 conducted a series of TAC funded road policing operations targeting banned (suspended, disqualified, unlicenced) and impaired (drink, drug) drivers.
The final results for the operations are in:
• 44 Drug-driving offences; $545 penalty notice + 6-month licence suspension (first offence) or Court and minimum 12-month licence suspension for repeat offenders;
• 11 Drink-driving offences; Penalties range from 3-month licence suspension up to Court + significant penalties for repeat offenders; all offenders to have alcohol interlocks fitted;
• 16 Disqualified and suspended drivers; Charge and summons, various penalties as determined by the Court;
• 6 vehicles impounded for 30 day periods (various offences); release costs ranging from $978 to $1,500;
• 200 speeding offences; penalties ranging from $227 + 1 demerit point to $909 + 12-month licence suspension;
• 68 unregistered vehicles; $909 penalty notice;
• 8 mobile phone offences; $545 + 4 demerit points;
• 23 unlicenced drivers; $454 penalty notice (expired); $909 penalty notice (no licence);
• 36 defect notices issued;
More operations are planned across the division in coming months.
