A 15-year-old child accused of drink driving and crashing into a Kambah house is among several driving incidents this long weekend as authorities again urge people to follow the law and drive to conditions.
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ACT Policing in its Sunday update said the child allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.107 after the collision about 11.10pm on Saturday.
The teen was one of three drink drivers caught that day.
The others included a Wanniassa man, 39, who allegedy recorded a blood-alcohol-reading of 0.198 after a single-vehicle crash in Wanniassa about 5.25pm.
A Downer man, 35, allegedly recorded 0.167 in a roadside test after police caught him on William Hovell Drive.
Police said 42 drivers in the ACT have been caught speeding so far this Easter weekend, with several high-range speeding offences detected.
A 28-year-old Evatt woman was detected driving at 110km/h in a 60km/h zone in Aranda on Saturday.
According to police, the woman said she was on her way to work, but not running late when she was stopped by police.
She will be fined $1841 and accrue 12 demerit points on her licence, which is double the usual penalty.
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On Saturday night, ACT and NSW emergency services were called to the Monaro Highway near Michelago after reports of a crash that left the southbound lane closed for a period of time.
An ACT Emergency Services spokesman said crews attended the scene around 8pm before handing it over to their NSW counterparts.
A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said one patient was transported to the Canberra Hospital for non-emergency treatment, while three other patients were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
She said the crash, and a number of other reported incidents across the region, were a strong safety reminder for motorists this long weekend.
The Monaro Highway incident comes after two children were taken to Canberra Hospital last week after a four-vehicle crash on the Barton Highway just across the ACT-NSW border.
Both lanes were closed to traffic for much of the day and seven people in total were involved in the crash, with four ambulance vehicles and a rescue helicopter involved.
ACT Policing caught 20 drivers breaking the law late last week despite double demerits being in place across the territory until midnight on Monday.
The double demerit period includes all offences relating to mobile phone, speeding, seatbelt and riding without a helmet.
All other traffic offences will incur one additional demerit point.
Drivers are reminded not to drink and drive.
While the blood alcohol limit is 0.05 per cent for most drivers, it is zero for provisional, probationary and learner licence holders.
Further, an unlicensed person choosing to drive is committing an additional offence if they exceed the zero blood-alcohol limit.
NSW Police on April 13 launched Easter Operation 2022, a highly visible police traffic operation focusing on reducing road fatalities and road trauma this holiday weekend.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Glinn said a significant number of police resources were dedicated to road safety across the five-day operation.
"The number of people who blatantly disregarded the road rules last year and put the broader community at risk was unacceptable," he said.
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