More traffic targeting; infringements total 427

ACT Policing has issued 427 Traffic Infringement Notices in past three days during traffic targeting operations in specific locations around Canberra.

Police and ACT RTA motor vehicle inspectors today (Thursday, June 18) continued targeting locations which have been the subject of complaint or previous police attention. The total number of TINs issued today was 176, following on from the 123 issued yesterday (June 17) – many at the same locations – and 128 on Tuesday (June 16).

The locations targeted included Archibald St (Lyneham), Canberra Avenue, Richardson Crescent (Conder), Monaro Crescent (Red Hill), and Parliament Drive (Capital Hill). During speed monitoring today at the roadworks on Yamba Drive near Mawson, one motorist was clocked at 90km/h in the 40km/h restricted speed zone.

One of the defected vehicles yesterday included a late model Range Rover which had all the layers of rubber missing from a tyre, and the tyre’s steel belts fully exposed. This vehicle received a major defect notice and had to be towed away.

Sergeant Andrew Warry, from ACT Policing Traffic Operations, said that targeted operations such as this would continue at intermittent times in the months ahead, and would be combined with compliance targeting using the RAPID (Recognition and Analysis of Plates IDentified) system.

“The high number of infringements is a concern to police, as is that around 10 per cent of the vehicles inspected over the three days were found to be defective,” Sgt Warry said.

“We will continue with this traffic targeting until driver attitudes and behaviour improves.”