
Southern road policing manager Inspector Tania Baron said police would be highly visible on the roads over summer and would focus on motorists choosing to drive above the speed limit, those not buckling up, and those driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol.
As in past summers, speed cameras would be positioned in high-risk crash areas and set to enforce a reduced speed threshold of 4kmh from December 1 to January 31.
A speed camera in a van parked in Eglinton Rd last Thursday caught 197 motorists speeding in an hour from 7.30am.
The highest speed reached by one of the photographed motorists was a "ridiculous" 99kmh in the 50kmh speed zone, Insp Baron said.
The speeding motorist got a fine but if they had been stopped by police, they most likely would have been charged and lost their driver’s licence, she said.
"But there are no demerits on speed camera fines."
The speed threshold was lowered from a 10kmh tolerance for December and January and at public holidays, such as Easter.
When the reduced threshold was in place it resulted in a 3.7% reduction in crashes.
"Anyone driving 4kmh over the speed limit should be prepared to be stopped and given a ticket."