Bruce Dow.
Police in Omarama have handed out speeding tickets to
overseas tourists demonstrating ''unacceptable behaviour'' over
the past week.
Senior Constable Bruce Dow two Chinese nationals were both
issued with $630 speeding fines and $150 fines for failing to
keep to the left-hand side of the road at 6.45pm on Monday.
The men, aged 33 and 35, were travelling in identical rental
vehicles and appeared to be ''in a hurry'' to get to
Queenstown.
''They actually went past me in the opposite direction when I
was stopped issuing a ticket to another motorist. I realised
they were going fast and back-checked them at 122kmh.
''I followed them and checked them at 147kmh going around
corners between the Buscot (station) and Omarama. Both of
them went at least half of their vehicles on the incorrect
side of the road, before they realised I was there and they
pulled over.''
A 58 year-old Irishman was also stopped for speeding at 6pm
on Monday, after he was clocked at 125kmh travelling towards
Omarama on State Highway 8 from Twizel.
The same man had been stopped at the same speed travelling
the opposite way on the road on January 3, he saidA
33-year-old Canadian man also bagged a speeding ticket after
being caught travelling at 140kmh on State Highway 8 on
January 4, while already disqualified from driving.
andrew.ashton@odt.co.nz
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