Assistant Commissioner John Hartley

Traffic Services Commander

“P” Plate driver’s ignore the dangers and continue to speed and drink drive

After a weekend where NSW saw the deaths of three young people in a single ‘P’ plate crash, it beggars belief that young provisional driver’s still ignore the dangers of speeding and drink driving.

In two separate incidents over the weekend, Police across NSW have yet again been dealing with young drivers who continue to exceed the speed limit and drive whilst intoxicated.

At 2am on Sunday (7 February), a 20-year-old Airds man was driving a Mazda MX6 South on the Hume Highway at Casula, when highway patrol officers will allege they detected the vehicle travelling at a speed of 132km/h in a 70 km/h sign posted area, some 62 km over the speed limit.

The man was issued with an Infringement Notice for Exceed Speed Limit more than 45 km/hr and his Provisional (P1) license was immediately suspended and confiscated.

At around 3am on Sunday (7 February) a 19-year-old Tumbi Umbi woman was driving a Toyota Corolla south on Tuggerah Parade at Long Jetty, when Police observed the vehicle to stall in the middle of an intersection.

The woman has re-started the vehicle and driven it into Lions Park where she stopped, got out of the car, and ran into bushland. Police chased the woman on foot and arrested her for a roadside breath test.

The woman failed the road side breath test and was conveyed to the Entrance Police Station where she submitted to a breath analysis which allegedly returned a reading of 0.185. The legal limit for a provisional (P1) driver is zero.

The woman’s provisional (P1) license was immediately suspended. She was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice for the offence of Drive with High Range PCA and will appear in Wyong Local Court on 10 March.