Almost half of the 6,500 traffic offences detected by road police during their long weekend special operation were speeding-related.
And 75% of those were caught travelling between 10km/h and 25km/h over the speed limit.
One in every 473 motorists tested for alcohol during Operation Arid were caught over the limit, with police detecting 250 drink driving offences from 118,427 preliminary breath tests.
A further 163 drivers returned a positive roadside drug test, with 3,669 roadside drug tests conducted.
Police caught 422 drivers who shouldn’t be on the road because they were either unlicensed, disqualified or suspended from driving.
There were also 225 drivers caught using a mobile phone or device behind the wheel.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner, Glenn Weir said: “We issued thousands of infringement notices, predominately for speeding but we also saw a considerable amount of unauthorised drivers, impaired drivers, and drivers caught using mobile phones and devices.
“It is frustrating because the majority of drivers know they are doing the wrong thing, but choose to run the risk anyway – we need this behaviour to stop.
“People might complain about receiving a fine, but the reality is that receiving a penalty is completely avoidable if drivers obey the speed limits and road rules.
“If you blatantly choose to speed or break the rules on our roads, you will be caught – and police make no apologies for this."
The total 6,442 offences detected during Operation Arid included:
- 2,896 speeding offences
- 422 disqualified/suspended and unlicenced drivers
- 380 disobey signs/signals
- 250 drink driving offences from 118,427 preliminary breath tests
- 225 mobile phone offences
- 163 drug driving offences from 3,669 roadside drug tests
- 88 seat belt offences
- 67 vehicle impounds
- 512 unregistered vehicles.
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