Northern Territory Police have charged a motorcycle rider with multiple traffic offences after he was apprehended in Winnellie yesterday.
Shortly after 8:30am, police observed the 48-year-old man failing to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Bombing Road and Winnellie Road. His speed was clocked at 78km/h in a 60km zone before he was apprehended.
Officer in Charge of Darwin Traffic Operations, Senior Sergeant John Ginnane said the man was riding on a disqualified licence and his bike was unregistered and uninsured.
"He was subjected to a roadside drug test which returned a positive result and was subsequently arrested for the purpose of a secondary analysis. The secondary saliva analysis proved positive for THC."
The man was arrested, charged and later bailed for:
- Not stop at stop sign
- Exceed speed 16-30km/h over limit
- Drive a motor vehicle while unlicensed
- Drive unregistered motor vehicle
- Drive uninsured motor vehicle
- Drive with prohibited drug in body.
"Once again. Driving, or in this case riding with no licence, committing multiple traffic offences on an unregistered uninsured motor vehicle with illicit drugs detected in their systems. Make no mistake, these actions were not inadvertent - they were conscious, deliberate acts on the part of the motorist, and in our view that makes these actions malicious, rather than merely stupid. Our laws are in place for the sole purpose of protecting lives," Senior Sergeant Ginnane said.
"Speed kills, unregistered vehicles may not meet safety standards and driving with illicit drugs in your body impairs your capability to react and potentially save your own or someone else's life. If motorists make this choice, they will spend a number of hours in our watch house, followed by an appearance in court along with the sanctions they impose, and also deal with the attendant effects on their employment and standing in the community. We have no tolerance for the danger this deliberate behaviour places everyday motorists in. These people can expect to be held to account."
