A 19-YEAR-OLD P-plater was last night (June 27) caught driving 45km/h over the speed limit on Gungahlin Drive, telling police officers he “just wanted to get home quickly.”
About 9.30pm, officers were undertaking speed enforcement checks throughout the Canberra region when they spotted the P-plater driving a Toyota sedan in Aranda.
He accrued four demerit points, was issued a $700 fine and his licence will be suspended for at least three months.
Officer in Charge, ACT Road Policing, Paul Hutcheson said this reckless behaviour is incredibly selfish and can have long lasting consequences.
“People need to consider that their choices on the road can kill. This young man could have injured himself or someone else last night.” Said Insp Hutcheson.
“2022 has been fraught with death. We need to take road behaviours more seriously.”
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