Police Snippets

 

 

Raid arrests likely
Arrests are imminent for the ram-raid culprits who drove their car into Mangawhai’s Go GAS station on June 4. Constable Dale Wewege says the offenders have been identified but the incident still requires further investigation.

Adjust driving habits
Undesirable driving habits of wearing no seatbelts, using cell phones, viewing ‘Stop’ signs as ‘Give Way’s’ and speeding have kept Mangawhai Police flat-out recently.

“We’ve also had several complaints about people speeding around the Activity Zone,” Constable Dale Wewege says. “We want to remind people that police have a zero tolerance for speed. If the limit is 50kmh, drivers can go under this particularly around areas where children are playing like the Zone and schools.”

Police also want to remind drivers about adjusting their driving to the winter conditions.

“Especially with the wet weather and morning mist which reduces a driver’s visibility to 10-15 metres. If you are driving at 100kmh, chances are you will not be able to stop in time to avoid an accident.”

Wewege says to use the dimmer on your cars headlights while driving in low cloud so to not blind approaching drivers and always reduce speed.

And a warning to get your car up to date with registrations and WOFs as police road blocks and are being planned for the area over the next few weeks.

- REPORTING/Julia Wade

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