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SA police targeting traffic offences
AAP, 28/06/07





South Australian police, including detectives, have been directed to pull over more motorists in a state-wide crackdown on traffic offences.

Every uniformed police officer has been told to make at least 70 traffic stops a year from July, a rise of 20 stops from last year.

Assistant police commissioner Grant Stevens said every police officer, including detectives and specialised crime investigators, would be expected to pull over at least one more driver every two weeks for road safety offences.

Mr Stevens denied the new benchmarks were aimed to raise revenue for the government, saying the crackdown was a police-driven decision designed to lower the road toll.

"I think it is a brave person that says someone who is the victim of a murder or a serious assault is more important than someone who is seriously injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash," Mr Stevens told ABC radio.

"We got to remember that this is an epidemic that we are dealing with in terms of the number of people who are being seriously injured or killed on our roads.

"We need to be doing some fairly innovative things if we are going to reduce the road toll even further."


Detectives can now pick you up for speeding !!! Don't tell Beattie !!!!