Multiple drivers were reported doing the wrong thing on our roads over the weekend.
Officer in Charge of Highway Patrol, Inspector Mark Atkinson, says police will continue targeting this behaviour in regional SA.
A 17-year-old has lost his licence for six months after being caught speeding at Wirrabarra on Friday, 16 August.
The P-plater was detected travelling at 155 km/h in a 110 km/h zone on the Horrocks Highway around 4 pm.
He had a passenger in the car.
A drink driver recorded more than five times the legal limit at Stirling North on Saturday, 17 August.
Around 6:45 pm, police located the 58-year-old Northern Territory man following reports of an intoxicated driver at the weighbridge.
It will be alleged the vehicle didn’t have any registration plates and the driver blew 0.256.
The man was arrested and charged with drink driving, driving unlicensed and driving without registration plates.
He’ll appear in Port Augusta Magistrates Court today, 19 August.
A 50-year-old man from Weeroona Island was caught drink driving in Bungama on Saturday, 17 August.
Just after 10:30 pm, highway patrols stopped an unregistered vehicle and breath tested the driver who allegedly returned a result of 0.148.
He’s been reported for drink driving and driving unregistered and has lost his licence for six months.
There was a two-car crash at Solomontown just before 8 pm last night, 18 August.
Police were called to Warnertown Road where they found a Toyota Hilux had crashed into a Mitsubishi Triton.
The Toyota driver – a 46-year-old Western Australian man – underwent a breath test and returned a positive reading of 0.155.
He’s lost his licence for 12 months and will appear in court.
The driver of the Mitsubishi was uninjured.
A Risdon Park man was detected drug driving in Port Pirie last night, 18 August.
He was pulled over on Alexander Street just before 9 pm, and the 31-year-old tested positive for cannabis.
Police checks revealed he only held a provisional licence.
He’s lost his licence for three months and may appear in court depending on results of forensic testing.
A man has lost his licence for a year after being caught drink driving in Port Augusta last night, 18 August.
Just before 10 pm, a Nissan Pulsar nearly collided with a police car travelling along the Wharflands Esplanade.
Officers stopped the car and breath tested the driver who returned a positive reading of 0.198.
The 30-year-old local was reported and will appear in court at a later date.
