|
|
MEDIA RELEASE
NICK XENOPHON M.L.C. INDEPENDENT
NO POKIES MEMBER
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
17 May 2005
FOR SPEEDING DRIVERS Speeding drivers will face an automatic loss of licence for going 20 kmh over the speed limit under Amendments Legislation being considered in Parliament next week. No
Pokies MLC Nick Xenophon will move Amendments to the Government’s Road
Traffic (Excessive Speed) Amendment Bill 2005.
Under the current Bill a driver faces a 6 month loss of licence for
driving over 45 kmh above the speed limit, and a $500.00 expiation fee (or up
$1,000 fine imposed by the Court). Under
Mr Xenophon’s proposal a driver going 20
kmh over the speed limit will automatically face a loss of licence of 1
month, and at 30 kmh over a
licence loss of 3 months. Mr
Xenophon said: “Independent accident research shows that
travelling even 5 kms over in a 60 kmh zone can be equivalent in terms of risk
to .05 blood alcohol level. On
country roads on a 80 kmh – 110 kmh zone being even 10 kmh faster than the
average speed of other vehicles doubles the risk of crash involvement.” “It is time we got serious about changing community attitudes to
speeding, particularly amongst a hard core element are deluded into believing
our public roads are their own private speedways.”
Written and authorised by Nick Xenophon, 653 Lower North East Road, Paradise, SA 5075 |