Ignore the signs, you'll cop a fine!
With just over half of all collisions on ACT roads occurring at intersections, ACT Policing will focus on traffic control offences during the month of May as part of its multi-agency road safety strategy.
ACT Policing will be using data, provided by the ACT Government to target specific intersections at which a high percentage of collisions occur. The following intersections rank as the top 10 worst for collisions:
- BARTON HWY/WILLIAM SLIM DR/GUNDAROO DR
- ANZAC PDE/PARKES WAY
- CORANDERRK ST/PARKES WAY
- CANBERRA AVE/STURT AVE/WENTWORTH AVE
- HINDMARSH DR/TUGGERANONG PKWY EAST
- ATHLLON DR/DRAKEFORD DR/ISABELLA DR
- BARRY DR/COOYONG ST/NORTHBOURNE AVE
- CANBERRA AVE/HINDMARSH DR/NEWCASTLE ST
- HINDMARSH DR/YAMBA DR
- ASHLEY DR/ISABELLA DR
Officer in Charge of Traffic Operations, Station Sergeant Susan Ball said ACT Policing’s focus on traffic controls during the month of May was aimed at not only providing a safer environment for road users but also educating ACT drivers on the risks involved in ignoring traffic controls.
“Time and time again we see collisions caused by the failure of drivers to obey these controls. Ignoring stop or give-way signs, or accelerating through a yellow light can have disastrous consequences”.
“ACT Policing’s Traffic Operations have already issued almost 1000 infringement notices for traffic control offences in 2016, this represents 1000 times that innocent ACT road users have been put at unnecessary risk," Station Sergeant Ball said.
Fines for different traffic control offences can be up to $360 and three demerit points.