Scanning: Leading Senior Constable Nigel Morrison during the Torquay blitz.
By Cherie Donnellan
TORQUAY police have issued more than $14,000 in fines to drivers of unregistered vehicles in a two-day blitz.
Twenty-three people copped fines of $611 for driving unregistered vehicles during the operation using automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) technology on Sunday and Monday.
Sergeant Dean Parrello said driving of unregistered cars was a “major concern”.
“People who drive unregistered cars don’t realise they void their third-party insurance rights and if they’re injured in an accident the TAC won’t provide compensation for their medical expenses.”
Police also apprehended an unsupervised 22-year-old lear-ner driver in an unregistered car without L-plates. She was fined nearly $1400.
Sgt Parrello said other offenders included drivers with suspended or no licences.
Police scanned more than 5000 cars with the ANPR technology, he said.
The technology captures number-plate details for instant checking against databases to identify unlawful drivers.
Torquay’s operation followed an ANPR blitz in Geelong last week as part of Victoria Police’s We Are the Toll program.
