❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on cautions and penalties issued for specific road traffic offences related to lane usage. The response provides penalty unit details and infringement numbers but lacks caution data.
AnsweredQoN 2422Legislative Assembly
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(2) How many written cautions have been issued in the most recently recorded twelve month period for each of these offences?
(3) How many penalties have been issued over the same period in relation to these offences?
(3) How many penalties have been issued over the same period in relation to these offences?
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Answered
14 August 2007
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
62 days
(1) Regulation 112 (1) of the
Road Traffic Code 2000
(Infringement Code 3121), requires a vehicle to keep left on a carriageway except where two or more lanes are marked for vehicles travelling in the same direction.
One Penalty Unit ($50) and two demerit points apply.
In sub regulation (2) it advises that (1) does not apply if the vehicle is a motor cycle.
Regulation 113 of the
Road Traffic Code 2000
(Infringement Code 3123), prohibits a vehicle from driving in the right lane of a carriageway where there are two or more marked lanes for vehicles travelling in the same direction and where the speed limit is 90 kph or more.
One Penalty Unit ($50) and two demerit points apply.
(2) No statistical information is collected on the number of caution notices issued.
(3) For Infringement Code 3121 there were 49 infringement notices issued.
For Infringement Code 3123 there were 504 infringement notices issued.
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Road Traffic Code 2000
(Infringement Code 3121), requires a vehicle to keep left on a carriageway except where two or more lanes are marked for vehicles travelling in the same direction.
One Penalty Unit ($50) and two demerit points apply.
In sub regulation (2) it advises that (1) does not apply if the vehicle is a motor cycle.
Regulation 113 of the
Road Traffic Code 2000
(Infringement Code 3123), prohibits a vehicle from driving in the right lane of a carriageway where there are two or more marked lanes for vehicles travelling in the same direction and where the speed limit is 90 kph or more.
One Penalty Unit ($50) and two demerit points apply.
(2) No statistical information is collected on the number of caution notices issued.
(3) For Infringement Code 3121 there were 49 infringement notices issued.
For Infringement Code 3123 there were 504 infringement notices issued.
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