Infringement notices issued

Gosford Police issued 52 infringement notices on the Peninsula across the October long weekend as part of Operation Slowdown from October 2 to 5.

According to senior constable Dave O'Shea, six infringement notices related to speeding offences with the remaining 46 for licence, registration, seat belt and mobile phone offences. "Within the Peninsula area, there were eight crashes in total, none of these were on major roads and only two resulted in injuries to people involved," senior constable O'Shea said.

"Half of accidents on the Peninsula occurred on Friday, October 2, and most of those were on wet roadways where it could be presumed that the drivers were not travelling to the conditions that existed at the time.

"That would be either the speed was inappropriate for the condition or their manner of driving was inappropriate.

"Of the 14 people involved in these eight crashes, 11 lived on the Peninsula or within a short distance away so all should have been well aware of the road conditions.

"None appear to have alcohol involved.

"There were only two charged with traffic offences on the Peninsula and both of those related to licence issues.

"Both were residents on the Peninsula.

"Normally we find that the first day of rain after a lengthy dry spell usually makes the roads more slippery and that obviously contributed to an increase in crashes."

Email, 8 Oct 2009 Dave O'Shea, Gosford Police