An 18-year-old P1 driver from Lutana has had their vehicle clamped and will face a fine and disqualification after they were detected driving at high-speed this morning and tested positive to a roadside drug test.
Just before 11:30amwhilst police were conducting a high visibility road safety operation along the Bass Highwaythey detected a red Holden Commodore travelling at excessive high speed along the highway at Westbury. The vehicle was detected at 164km/h in a 110km/h zoneand the driver was safely intercepted by police.
The driver was an 18-year-old man from Lutana with a P1 driver licence which restricts him to maximum speed of 100km/h. Subsequently the driver was travelling at 64km/h over the speed limitand they returned a positive roadside drug test.
The driver has been fined $1161.50 and six demerit points for the excessive speedand their vehicle will be clamped for 28 days. Being a provisional driver who normally only hold 4 demerit pointsthe driver will be subject to a further period of disqualification.
“Speeding and drug driving are both part of the ‘Fatal 5’ causes for fatal and serious crashesbut in this example when you combined boththe consequences could have been disastrous,” said Sergeant Benjamin Kromkamp.
“Had police not been actively patrolling this areathe high-speed driving could have easily resulted in another serious or fatal crash on our roads.”
“Tasmania Police will continue to hold unsafe drivers to account including the seizure of vehicles and disqualification of licenses.”
“Remember that police can be anywhereanytimeso slow down and get to your destination safely. It’s about your safety and the safety of everyone else.”
