June 16, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\nPolice have a new weapon in their arsenal to target speeding motorists in the South Burnett so lead-foot drivers had better beware.<\/p>\n
In the past five days in Kingaroy alone, more than 120 speeding tickets have been issued.<\/p>\n
The drivers caught by the new TruCAM speed equipment won’t know they have been nabbed until the fines start arriving in the mail.<\/p>\n
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior-Sergeant Duane Frank, said the hand-held radar device took photos of the speeding vehicles.<\/p>\n
As well as the Kingaroy tickets, 38 tickets were issued on Bowman Road at Blackbutt – all to drivers speeding in a 60km\/h zone.<\/p>\n
Snr Sgt Frank said 22 drivers had been detected speeding in Youngman Street, Kingaroy, on Friday while it was raining.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, 31 vehicles had been detected speeding on Haly Street East, during a period of heavy rain.<\/p>\n
Many of the speeds were 20km or more over the speed limit.<\/p>\n
Snr Sgt Frank urged drivers to slow down, especially in the wet when there was reduced visibility and slippery roads meant\u00a0increased stopping distances.<\/p>\n
Over the past two weeks, 691 speeding tickets have been issued to drivers in the Dalby-Burnett Patrol Group – the police area which includes Bell, Blackbutt, Cecil Plains, Cherbourg, Chinchilla, Cooyar, Dalby, Jandowae, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Meandarra, Millmerran, Murgon, Nanango, Peranga, Proston, Tara, Wondai, and Yarraman.<\/p>\n
Snr Sgt Frank said the majority of these tickets had been issued on the Warrego Highway between Dalby and Chinchilla.<\/p>\n
Both marked and unmarked police vehicles were used in the operations.<\/p>\n
“This enforcement will be continuing,” Snr Sgt Frank said.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/p>\nKingaroy police pulled over two drink drivers in less than 24 hours at the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\nAt 3:00am on Saturday, police intercepted a driver in William Street, Kingaroy. The 18-year-old Kingaroy man allegedly blew .094 BAC and has been charged with a mid-range drink-driving offence.<\/p>\n
At 7:00pm, police stopped a 40-year-old Kingaroy woman in Moore Street. Police will allege she was more than three times over the limit, registering .171 BAC.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/strong><\/p>\nTruCAM Demonstration In The United States:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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