Police will evaluate the weekend’s "zero-tolerance" trial policy on speed before deciding to extend it or apply it again.<\/p>\n
All drivers caught travelling more than 4km\/h over the posted permanent speed limit were to be ticketed over Queen’s Birthday weekend, which saw only one death on the roads – the lowest road toll for a holiday weekend in over 50 years.
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\n"One death on the road is one death too many but it’s a hell of a lot better than 10 so that’s a good thing."
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\nMs Rose said drivers took up the challenge and self-policed their own speed, which was the aim of the blitz.<\/p>\n
"We don’t want to catch people, we want people to choose to do the right thing. On this weekend we have had a lot of people making some really good choices." Police will evaluate the weekend’s "zero-tolerance" trial policy on speed before deciding to extend it or apply it again. All drivers caught travelling more than 4km\/h over the posted permanent speed limit were to be ticketed over Queen’s Birthday weekend, which saw only one death on the roads – the lowest road toll for a … <\/p>\n
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