Police have seen a rise in both drug driving and speeding statewide over the four-day Queen's Birthday long weekend traffic campaign.
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Motorists continued to break driving laws and put other drivers and pedestrians at risk.
Operation Stay Alert, the NSW Police Force's traffic operation for the Queen's Birthday long weekend, began at 12.01am on Friday and concluded at 11.59pm Monday.
During the campaign, police conducted 1687 drug tests with 183 drivers returning a positive result, compared to 39 positive returns from 318 tests conducted during last year's operation.
Speeding was another concern for police, with 4639 drivers caught speeding during the long weekend, up from 4208 in the same period last year.
Tragically, three people, including a four-year-old child, lost their lives during Operation Stay Alert.
Police saw a drop in incidents of drink-driving, with 239142 tests conducted and 245 drivers charged, compared with 433 charged over the same period last year.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said the increase in the number of drug driving and speeding drivers showed that the message of behaving responsibly and using proper judgement remained elusive to some drivers.
"Driving while under the influence of drugs and speeding are a recipe for disaster. You are endangering your life as well as the lives of others using the roads. Over four days, we caught 4639 speeding drivers and 183 drivers under the influence of drugs. Our message is clear. If you break the law, you will be caught," Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.
Local traffic offences
On Sunday, a 28-year-old woman was stopped for a breath test in Algalah Street in Narromine registered a reading of 0.114, more than twice the legal limit.
She was charged with mid-range drink-driving and had her licence suspended.
Meanwhile an 18-year-old P2 driver detected travelling at 128km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Warren Road at Narromine will have his licence suspended.
A man accused of leading police on a pursuit through Wellington on Sunday night was among a string of examples of disturbing behaviour on Orana roads over the long weekend, according to local police.
Officers tried to pull over a Mitsubishi Magna travelling east on Clive Street about 8.30pm and began to chase the vehicle when it failed to stop.
The pursuit proceeded through residential streets and dirt lanes before the vehicle hit the back fence of a property, damaging it and the vehicle itself.
The driver, a 45-year-old man, was arrested and taken to hospital as a precaution.
He was charged with Skye's Law, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle and driving while disqualified.
The man will appear before Wellington Local Court on August 18.
As of Sunday more than 1300 people had been breath tested by officers who were out in force in the Orana region as part of Operation Stay Alert, according to Senior Sergeant Mal Unicomb.
He said 53 drivers were issued infringements for speeding, five for seatbelt offences and 45 for other offences.
On Sunday police stopped a 23-year-old Queensland driver detected travelling at 147km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Newell Highway near Dubbo. He was charged with exceeding the speed limit by more than 30km/h and driving while never holding a driver's licence.
Unicomb said.
State-Wide key statistics (Four-Day Campaign):
Speed infringements: 4639
Breath tests: 239142
PCA charges: 245
RDT tests: 1687
RDT charges: 183
Major crashes: 338
Fatalities: 3