ACT Policing issued 50 Traffic Infringement Notices in a three hour blitz earlier today (Thursday, June 9).
Between 6am and 9am, police from Traffic Operations conducted targeted traffic operations on a number of arterial roads in the ACT.
The highest speed detected was by a 23-year-old Latham man who was caught speeding at 126km/h in a 60km/h road works zone on the Tuggeranong Parkway. The man was issued with a fine for speeding and for being an unlicensed driver and lost over 6 demerit points.
Another man, a 28-year-old from Macgregor, was caught travelling along William Hovell Drive at 143km/h in a 90km/h zone. He was issued with a $1811 fine and the loss of 6 demerit points.
ACT Policing will continue to target speeding motorists for the months of June and July with targeted operations all over Canberra.
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