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<postdate>2025-02-25 09:47:49</postdate>
<headline>On the roads: drugged, speeding, unlicensed drivers</headline>
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<p><strong>Two drivers have been charged and another has lost his licence after separate drug driving, unlicensed driving and speeding incidents over the weekend.</strong></p>
<p>Police say they stopped a motorcyclist travelling at 127km/h in an 80km/h zone along Commonwealth Avenue on Friday evening. The 28-year-old Calwell man was issued with an immediate suspension notice and a $1841 fine.</p>
<p>Late on Saturday night police stopped a blue Suzuki Swift in Richardson.</p>
<p>The 60-year-old male driver, who was subject to bail conditions not to drive, was found to be unlicensed and driving an unregistered vehicle. A roadside drug test returned a positive result.</p>
<p>He has been charged with being an unlicensed driver, using an unregistered vehicle and having a prescribed drug in oral fluid.</p>
<p>Early on Monday morning, the driver of a white Toyota Hilux with no registration plates was pulled over in Richardson.</p>
<p>Police say the 28-year-old driver could not produce a licence and checks revealed the vehicle had been unregistered since 2019.</p>
<p>The man was charged with driving while disqualified, using an unregistered vehicle, not displaying provisional plates and not having registration plates attached to the vehicle.</p>
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