Bundaberg police have revealed 157 infringements were issued to drivers across the region over the Easter long weekend. Officer in charge of the Bundaberg Road Policing Unit Sergeant Marty Arnold said multiple disappointing incidents occurred on the region s roads this weekend, but overall the majority of drivers were well behaved. Two drivers (were) issued infringements for travelling 40km/h over the speed limit on a wet road (and there were) nine drink drivers - two of which were over five times the legal limit, he said. Across the Wide Bay Burnett 157 infringements were issued and 2845 random breath tests conducted. But with more than 150 infringements issued over the weekend, it s clear the important message continues to go unheard for some.
“I think overall the motoring public, given the inclement weather and the increased people on the road their driving behaviour has been pretty good across the board,” he said, but added the 143 speeding fines was “unfortunate”.
“We will be actively enforcing the road rules over the every day of the year but this time we were certainly out there in greater numbers.
“That’s resulted in 143 people getting caught.
“None of those were over the high-speed range (40kmh over the speed limit), that’s a positive but every k over is a killer.”
Police will continue their traffic campaign over the school holidays until April 18.
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