Eaton drivers fail speed test

Police were shocked last week when 25 per cent of drivers going past a multanova in a built-up Eaton area were caught speeding.

A multanova was set up on Pratt Road for four hours on July 22 and Australind police officer-in-charge Sgt Brett Cassidy said officers were disheartened to see such a high percentage of speeders.

Sgt Cassidy said about 50 per cent of the drivers caught speeding were going 10 to 19kmh more than the speed limit.

“That’s a 50kmh zone and half of those speeders were going between 60kmh and 69kmh,” he said.

“It’s disappointing to see those kinds of figures, especially on a road that has speed dividers to slow drivers down.”

Sgt Cassidy said the highest speed recorded during the fourhour period was 82kmh.

South West traffic officer-incharge Sgt Craig Clarke said the high figure was especially concerning because Pratt Road normally had a low speeding average.

“I have no doubt most roads have times of day when they have traffic issues,” he said.

“We don’t know about them because we can’t be everywhere at once.”

Sgt Clarke said it was important for the public to call and complain about speeding or other poor driver behaviour.

“We don’t know where to target unless we have the relevant information, which we gather through tools like multanovas and community complaints,” he said.

Sgt Clarke said Spencer Street in Bunbury — in addition to Dalyellup Boulevard in Dalyellup — had become a speeding hotspot.

“We’ve had a number of complaints about Spencer Street — which is good — because we now know to target that area,” Sgt Clarke said.

Harvey police cadet Christopher Chiera said South Western Highway, Old Coast Road and Uduc Road were the places where they recorded the most speeding.