OVER 900 drivers were caught speeding on Canberra roads last month in a police blitz on safe driving, including one man who clocked almost 100km/h over the speed limit. 

Police issued 650 fines for speeding with 260 cautions, while 13 drivers were arrested and will be summonsed for speeding offences.

About 315 drivers were caught travelling more than 15km/h but less than 30km/h over the speed limit.

A further nine drivers were caught travelling over 45km/h, including a 25-year-old Downer man who was caught travelling at 170km/h in an 80km/h zone on the Monaro Highway. He was issued with a Traffic Infringement Notice (TIN) for $1811 and the loss of six demerit points.

Officer-in-Charge of Traffic Operations Sergeant Rod Anderson said the October results were extremely disappointing and clearly indicated that drivers still haven’t got the message that speeding is dangerous.

“Drivers who willfully speed were gambling with their own lives, the lives of other drivers and passengers, and the lives of children, pedestrians and cyclists,” he says.

“If you’re speeding you dramatically increase the risk of serious injury or death should you be involved in a collision. Drivers need to remember speed affects their ability to stop their car to prevent collisions.”

Police will focus on alcohol and drug impaired driving over the Summer months.