During a highly-visible police campaign around schools state-wide on Tuesday (29 January) 60 expiation notices were issued.
Those expiation notices were issued to drivers for a range of offences including:
* 36 for exceeding the speed limit
* Five for driving unlicensed
* Two for using a mobile phone
* Five for driving unregistered / uninsured
* One for driving contrary to defect
* One for disobeying a stop sign
* One for having an insecure load
* Four for failing to wear a seatbelt
* Two for failing to carry their Provisional Licence
Police, who visited 228 schools during the operation which was held in peak school periods both in the morning and afternoon, also detected a range of other offences.
Three drivers returned positive readings for illicit drugs (methylamphetamine and cannabis), one was arrested in relation to an outstanding warrant, one was reported for driving while disqualified and various other parking/standing offences were detected.
Officers also issued defect notices for 10 vehicles.
A number of drivers were also alco-tested, with no positive results.
“These results are alarming given the warning police issued that we would be proactively monitoring schools as the year began,” said Superintendent Bob Gray, the officer in charge of the SA Police Traffic Support Branch.
“These are among the most vulnerable members of our community, and we will continue to proactively police school zones.
“It is vital that the community pay attention to speed limits and drive appropriately maintained vehicles.
“The public can expect that police will continue to enforce the laws in relation to the five key factors that lead to serious and fatal crashes – excessive speed, distraction, seatbelt use, driving under the influence of alcohol and/or illicit drugs and other dangerous driving practices.”
