A southern council work car has been clocked travelling at 133kmh amid an uptick in speeding over recent reporting periods.<\/p>\n
Environment Southland releases quarterly numbers on speeding incidents in its work cars, as monitored by an in-car system.<\/p>\n
Its latest set of results showed there were 528 occasions where the limit was exceeded by at least 10kmh during the April to June period.<\/p>\n
Of those events, 18 were for exceedances of 20kmh or more.<\/p>\n
The numbers are the highest recorded since the July to September 2024 quarter, where a total of 923 events were reported.<\/p>\n
Council health and safety manager Paul le Roux said the greatest exceedance during the most recent period was a car reaching 133kmh in a 100kmh zone, which was investigated by the council.<\/p>\n
Le Roux said the driver reported the event straight away and the investigation found they had taken “safe evasive action in the circumstances”.<\/p>\n
Data on speeding is released every three months as part of a health and safety report, with the most recent set presented to a council committee this week.<\/p>\n
The report said the health and safety manager raised concerns about speeding at a manager’s meeting in June where the question was asked about how it was being addressed within teams.<\/p>\n
Managers were having “open safety discussions” alongside further conversations with frequent offenders, the report said.<\/p>\n
It also noted speeding events recorded by\u00a0ERoads\u00a0– the devices installed in the cars – did not equate to infringements.<\/p>\n
The council has reported ERoads data to its risk and assurance committee since March 2024.<\/p>\n
In August 2025, council chair Nicol Horrell made headlines for\u00a0speeding in his work car more than 100 times\u00a0over a one year period.<\/p>\n
Total speeding incidents reported:<\/p>\n
April 2025 – June 2025: 528 incidentsJanuary 2025 – March 2025: 477 incidentsOctober 2024 – December 2024: 411 incidentsJuly 2024 – September 2024: 923 incidents<\/p>\n
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