South Australia Police have just launched their latest advertising campaign, created to highlight motorcycle safety. The campaign tells South Australians that ‘there’s a lot riding on it’ when it comes to every journey on a motorcycle.

Central to the campaign is a new television commercial focusing on men who are most at risk riding motorcycles. The overall message is aimed at men who are over-represented in motorcycle related road trauma, with 50-59 year olds most implicated in serious injuries last year, followed by 30-39 year olds.

The campaign emphasises the need for motorcyclists to always remember that they should ride to return, with the campaign showing a wide range of the most invaluable parts of life that will be lost if you don’t make it home safely, including children, partners and even man’s best friend.

Motorcycling is a dangerous form of traditional transport due to low visibility and minimal protection on roads, and last year motorcyclists represented 12.5% of road fatalities in the state.

Traffic roundup

About 1.45pm on Friday 25 October, police stopped a 43-year-old man from Second Valley. He was drug tested and provided a positive result to cannabis and was issued with a 24 hour driver direction. He will face further charges pending the analysis of his sample.

Around 7pm the same date, police stopped a 33-year-old driver from Goolwa Beach on Beach Road at Goolwa Beach. He was arrested for giving false details to police and driving whilst being disqualified. He will was granted police bail and will appear in court at a later date.

At 8.30am on Saturday 26 October, police were called to assess an abandoned vehicle on Springmount Road at Inman Valley. Police located a 40-year-old man from Hindmarsh Tiers asleep in the driver’s seat of the vehicle.  The man was reported for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, failing to notify the registrar of change of ownership and as a result his vehicle was impounded. He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

Just after 3pm on Saturday 26 October, police stopped a 48-year-old man from Strathalbyn on Braemar Drive at Strathalbyn.  He tested positive to cannabis and was issued with a 24-hour direction not to drive. Of concern to police were the three children in the car at the time he was stopped. 

Around 4.20pm on Saturday 26 October, police stopped a driver on Waterport Road, Hayborough for a random driver test. The 42-year-old woman from Port Elliott tested positive to methamphetamine and was issued with a 24-hour driver direction. Of concern to police were the two young children in the vehicle with her at the time.

At 1.45am on Sunday 27 October, police stopped a 24-year-old man from Victor Harbor. He was reported for failing to comply with his immediate loss of licence and as a result his vehicle was impounded. He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

Just before 8.30am on Monday 28 October, a police patrol reported a 32-year-old man from Normanville for driving while his licence was disqualified in Meadows back in June this year. He will be summonsed to attend court at a later date.

At about 8.45am on Wednesday 30 October, a police patrol stopped 43-year-old woman from Strathalbyn on Mawson Road at Meadows. She tested positive to methamphetamine and was issued with a 24-hour direction not to drive and was reported for driving while suspended. She will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

Just before 7.30pm on Thursday 31 October, police stopped 49-year old man from Callington driving on Russell Street at Strathalbyn. He returned a positive drug test for methamphetamine and was issued with a 24-hour direction not to drive.

At 9.20pm on Saturday 2 November  police stopped a car driving on Fenchurch Street at Goolwa. Police arrested a 43-year-old driver, a woman from Goolwa for driving disqualified. Police also impounded her car. She will appear in court at a later date.

At around 11pm on Saturday 2 November police stopped a car driving on Hindmarsh Road at McCracken. The driver, a 29-year-old man from Goolwa South, returned a positive test to cannabis. He was issued with a 24-hour driver direction notice.

At around 7.40am on Saturday 2 November, police stopped a car travelling on Fenchurch Street at Goolwa. The driver, a 76-year-old man from Goolwa, was driving without a seatbelt and when breath tested returned a positive result of 0.092. He was issued with a six-month loss of licence and had his car impounded for 28 days. He will appear in court at a later date.

At 11.20pm on Saturday 2 November, police stopped a man driving on the Clayton to Milang Road at Point Sturt. The 43-year-old local returned a positive test to cannabis and was issued with a 24-hour driver direction notice.

All the drivers who returned positive drug samples may face court on drug driving charges pending forensic analysis results of the drug test.