AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2000
NSW: Motorists urged to slow down on trip home
SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - A 25-year-old man was clocked driving at 171 km/h in a 90-zone
three hours after receiving an earlier speeding ticket, police said.
The man was stopped on the M4 motorway at Homebush, Traffic Services Branch Commander
Superintendent Ron Sorrenson said.
"As police issued him with an infringement notice he produced another speeding ticket,
issued three hours earlier at Castle Hill," he said.
The man was one of 18,342 drivers caught speeding during the Easter road blitz, prompting
police to warn holiday-makers to slow down on their trip home.
Supt Sorrenson said speed had been a factor in a number of the fatalities on the state's
roads in recent days.
The New South Wales holiday road toll climbed to seven yesterday following the death
of a 19-year-old Dee Why woman at Peak Hill, in the state's central west.
Supt Sorrenson said the tragedy could have been avoided.
"This young girl was a provisional licence holder and all the physical evidence our
investigators can gather at the crash indicates that speed was a possible contributing
factor," he said in a statement.
"I urge people travelling home from their Easter break to take it easy on the road."
He said he was amazed by the actions of some drivers, including a 38-year-old man caught
at Botany weaving onto the wrong side of the road while driving at 70 km/h at night with
his headlights off.
"When stopped, the man told police he was testing his brakes and they should let him go.
"He was charged with high-range drink driving, driving in a manner dangerous and had
his licence cancelled."
A total of 61 people had been injured and seven killed in 478 road accidents over
the holiday, Supt Sorrenson said.
Police had conducted 100,454 breath tests, resulting in 535 drink driving charges.
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KEYWORD: EASTER ROADS NSW (CARRIED EARLIER)
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