POLICE say they’re “baffled” by the reckless and dangerous speeding behaviour by some Canberra drivers having issued more speeding tickets by the end of October than for all of last year. 

At October 31, police had issued 4093 Traffic Infringement Notices for speeding this year 4093 compared with 4056 for all of 2019.

The officer in charge of road policing, Insp Marcus Boorman said that at about 12.50pm on Friday (November 6) police detected a silver Holden sedan and a black Holden sedan travelling side by side at 135km/h in a signposted 60km/h zone on Aikman Drive, Belconnen.

He said they appeared to be racing one another.

The drivers, both 17-year-old provisional licence holders, told police they had no reason for speeding or racing.

Both drivers were issued with infringement notices for exceeding the speed limit by greater than 45km/h ($1841 and six demerit points) and taking part in a race with another vehicle ($474 and three demerit points).

Later that afternoon police identified the same driver of the black Holden sedan travelling at 58km/h within the 40km/h school zone on College Street, Bruce. The driver was again dealt with by police.

“I’m baffled that these young drivers thought this kind of reckless behaviour was acceptable in our community,” Insp Boorman said.

“Street racing is beyond irresponsible, and could have had tragic consequences for these drivers, or even worse, an innocent driver who may have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“The jump we’ve seen in speeding offences this year is extremely concerning for police, and we will continue to actively target speeding, particularly high-range speeding, in the community, and we will hold these idiotic drivers to account.”