It’s game over for a 21-year-old P-Plater who’s lost his licence after Police caught him doing 69km/h over the 80km/h speed limit on the Huon Highway this week. The young man was stopped by officers in his Ford Focus just minutes after midnight on Monday. In Tasmania, drivers caught travelling more than 45km/h over the […]
Wed Jan 3, 2024 - 11:46amA Tasmanian P-Plater has lost his licence for at least 4 months and has copped a $1,100 fine after he was caught driving more than 50km/h over the limit down Hobart’s Southern Outlet towards Kingston today. Police say with the three teenager passengers he had in the car, it’s lucky he didn’t cause a “total […]
Sat Dec 23, 2023 - 5:31pmA Tasmanian man has been hit with a hefty fine ahead of Christmas after he was caught speeding at more than 50km/h over the speed limit. The 43-year-old was allegedly doing 151km/h in a 100km/h zone when he was nabbed by officers on the Huon Highway at Leslie Vale around 7pm on Friday. He was handed an […]
Fri Dec 22, 2023 - 9:25pmMore of the Midland Highway has returned to the 110km/h speed limit ahead of the Christmas holiday period. The 2km section just south of Oatlands brings the total length of completed road works up to 22 kilometres, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Michael Ferguson says. Speed limits will also be raised to 80km/h on other sections of […]
Fri Dec 22, 2023 - 12:00pmTwo lead-footed drivers have lost their licences after they were caught speeding at 170km/h on the Bass Highway. Both drivers, including a P-plater driving a black Ford Falcon, were caught by highway patrol officers travelling at 60km/h over the 110km/h limit near Westbury around 4:30pm on Friday. The P-plater was snapped speeding first, “closely followed” […]
Sat Dec 9, 2023 - 9:30amA young P-plater will face court in the coming weeks after a ‘dangerous’ high-speed incident on Bridport Road last night. Police caught the 19-year-old P2 driver travelling at 156km/h on the highway near George Town around 8:30pm on Sunday. They say officers pulled the teen over and found him to have a blood-alcohol reading of […]
Mon Nov 27, 2023 - 12:05pmA teenage driver has been disqualified from driving for the next three months after he was caught speeding past police at 39km/h above the posted speed limit. The 18-year-old was travelling above the limit along the 70km/h West Tamar Highway at Riverside on Wednesday when he was caught. As a result, he received a fine […]
Thu Nov 23, 2023 - 2:30pmA car has mounted the footpath of a busy Hobart Street after a peak hour crash this evening. Police and emergency services were called to the crash on Campbell Street outside Officeworks shortly before 5pm on Friday. Images from the scene show one vehicle wedged against a traffic light pole, with injuries not yet known. […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 5:30pmA teenage driver who recklessly fled from police at 75km/h over the speed limit in the early hours of Saturday morning is set to face court. The 17-year-old was allegedly caught speeding at a staggering 185km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Midlands Highway shortly after midnight on Saturday. When officers attempted to pull the […]
Sun Oct 22, 2023 - 9:00amA drunk woman, who was almost four and a half times over the legal limit before 9:30am, has been stripped of her licence after crashing into a tree. The 51-year-old Forcett woman lost control of her vehicle, crossed onto the wrong side of the road and smashed into a tree on Primrose Sands Road around […]
Fri Oct 20, 2023 - 3:00am
