Bolt from out of the blue

OPERATION Thunderbolt took to the Pakenham Bypass in January, with speed and traffic cameras out in force between 8pm and 4am.
Pakenham’s Acting Senior Sergeant Ray De Reus said two safety cameras checked 9923 cars over the operation that saw 181 penalty notices sent out.
“The highest speed registered was 131 kilometres per hour in a 100 zone,” Sgt De Reus said. “It just proves that cameras can operate on the bypass at any time, day or night.”
He said as part of the operation a dedicated unit also patrolled the bypass over three nights, which saw 36 drivers receive penalty notices for a range of speed offences.
“There was a total of 63 offences in those three nights, those include refusal of breath tests, driving while suspended, driving while disqualified, driving without a licence, not wearing a seatbelt and other issues.”
Sgt De Reus said the figures showed a fairly good result for local police.