A WA truckdriver has paid a high price for speeding through roadworks — on a double demerit weekend — losing his licence and copping a $850 fine.
WA Traffic Police have gone on the front foot, taking to Twitter and making the point about fining the speeding truckie and disqualifying his driver’s licence on a double demerits long weekend.
The shamed truckie is one of the first victims of the WA Day long weekend double demerits, after the driver is understood to have ploughed through a 60km/h roadwork zone, at closer to 100km/h.
Police said on Twitter the man was fined $850, meaning he would have had to have broken the speed limit by 30km/h to 40km/h.