Motorists driving 5kmh over the limit could get a fine over Labour weekend as police are out in force hoping for a fatality free holiday.
The huge reduction in road crashes over Queen's Birthday weekend, the lowest in more than 50 years with only one death, has prompted police to reintroduce the reduced speed tolerance for the weekend.
Police will operate a tolerance to 4kmh per hour over the speed limit from 4pm on Friday to 6am on Tuesday.
"We know that if we can keep speeds down, we can keep crashes down and that is what we are hoping for this weekend," police national roading manager Superintendent Paula Rose said.
"I am not prepared to accept that people dying on the roads is an inevitable outcome of having a long holiday weekend -- we can change this, we don't have to tolerate holiday weekend highways becoming killing fields."
Last year, eight people died on the roads during Labour weekend, while 28 suffered serious injuries and 104 received minor injuries.
The most common crash causes were losing control (34 percent), alcohol (25 percent), inattention (20 percent), and travelling too fast for conditions (14 percent).
"If we can reduce speeds on the roads, we can reduce the number of crashes and the severity of any that may occur. People will always make mistakes and what we want to do is ensure that one mistake does not cost them their lives," Ms Rose said.
Police will be targeting the known killers: alcohol, speed and failure to keep left.
They will also be on the lookout for slow or inconsiderate drivers.
"We know that we can make a difference and we are determined to do everything we can to make this holiday weekend the one when nobody at all dies," she said.
