Officer-In-Charge Traffic Operations Sergeant Rod Anderson said the Gordon man - who got a $1811 fine and six demerit points - received one of 66 traffic infringement notices issued for speeding over the long weekend.

"ACT Policing also conducted 956 random breath tests over the three day long weekend with six drivers returning positive readings," he said in a statement.

“It’s appalling that both speeding and drink drivers have such disregard for the law and are clearly willing to put not only their own lives at risk but also those of their passengers and other road users."

Earlier in the week, a 25-year-old Campbell woman recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.117 when stopped at the intersection of Belconnen Way and Coulter Drive on Friday, March 8.