Qld: Police amazed by speeding drivers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2007
Qld: Police amazed by speeding drivers

Queensland Police have expressed amazement at the speeds at which some motorists are
travelling .. including one driver clocked at 170 kilometres an hour.

They a six-year-old child was a passenger in the car .. allegedly caught yesterday
doing 170-kays in a 110 zone along the Pacific Highway at Pimpama .. just north of the
Gold Coast.

The driver was one of two thousand 217 motorists caught speeding across the state yesterday
.. prompting exasperation from police.

They say they're amazed by motorists who drive at dangerous speeds .. particularly
in the wet weather much of the state is currently experiencing.







Police also targeted drink and drug driving yesterday .. conducting nine thousand 208
breath tests and 28 roadside drug tests.

A total of 68 people returned high blood alcohol readings .. including one driver on
the north coast who blew a reading of 0.230 per cent .. almost five times the legal limit.

None of the drug tests returned positive results.

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