NEWS: Radar detector, police speeding fine and laser jammer news 2007.

Police say more drivers speeding, drink-driving.

Posted Tue Oct 2, 2007 8:00am AEST. ABC

Police say there has been a jump in the number of drivers caught speeding and drink-driving in the Tamworth district, in north-west New South Wales, over the long weekend.

One driver was stopped in Kathleen Street at almost four times the legal limit, 93 motorists were caught speeding, 10 were found to have been drunk at the wheel.

One man is being treated in the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle after receiving serious facial injuries when he crashed into a road sign while driving a motorised scooter on the Kingswood Estate.

The highway patrol's Senior Constable Matthew Reeves says three novice drivers were picked up for speeding, including two 22-year-old P-platers who were picked up at 145 kilometres per hour and 130kph.

"We detected a 22-year-old male on the New England Highway in the Gworie area at 160kph in a 100 area. When he was stopped he was found to be an unaccompanied learner who'd held the licence for two months and restricted to 80 kilometres an hour himself," he said.

1,600 drivers caught speeding in one day

Posted Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:04pm AEDT. ABC

More than 1,600 drivers were caught speeding in Queensland yesterday, with police warning that motorists are still ignoring warnings against speed and alcohol over the holiday season.

There have been four deaths on Queensland roads over the Christmas holidays, about half the number for the same time last year.

But more than 1,600 drivers were caught speeding yesterday, with one driver clocked at 161 kilometres per hour in a 100kph zone on the Bruce Highway at Redcliffe.

In another incident a P-plate driver was recorded travelling at 141kph in a 100kph zone.

Senior sergeant Julie Elliott says 73 people were also caught drink-driving.

"Police are continually concerned that people are driving while effected by alcohol," she said.

Police promise long weekend roads crackdown

Posted Wed May 30, 2007 8:08am AEST. ABC.

Police have launched Operation Rapier Two, a two-pronged attack to curb drink-driving and serious road accidents across the north coast region over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

It follows the success of Operation Rapier One, launched earlier this year on the Sunshine Coast, and includes a traffic education and enforcement program targeting driver attitudes and drink-driving offences.

Inspector Peter Flanders says there have been 30 people killed in road accidents in the north coast region so far this year and more than half of those died in single-vehicle accidents.

"Queen's Birthday long weekend has a state-wide operation. In concert with that regionally, we're running Operation Rapier Two - basically a duplication of a very successful operation that was on the Sunshine Coast some months ago," he said.

"We're actually expanding it to each district in our region, so we'll be concentrating very heavily on drink-driving from Caboolture right through to Bundaberg and out to Kingaroy."

Inspector Tony Lewis says drink-drivers will be caught.

"We'll be out there looking for drink-driving offences and any offences that can be attributed to bad attitude or behaviour," he said.

"Last weekend, unfortunately, we detected and commenced prosecutions against 31 people drink-driving between Friday night and Monday morning. We certainly don't want that trend to continue."