Dangerous and unlawful driving was reported on Plantation Road and Main North Road on Friday and Saturday night, police said.<\/p>\n
“Police worked hard to stop and deter the burnouts, erratic driving, driving without lights at night and speeding,” inspector Mark Miller, Taranaki Area commander, said.<\/p>\n
“The Police Eagle helicopter was also deployed to Taranaki for the weekend to assist staff on the ground.”<\/p>\n
Police said on Friday night a driver was driving down the highway at almost twice the speed limit<\/p>\n
The driver was spiked near Inglewood and attempted to flee, but was caught after being tracked by a police dog unit.<\/p>\n
“In addition to the horrific driving that could have caused a significant crash and harm to people in the area, there were bottles being thrown by an offender.<\/p>\n
“One bottle went through the back window of a patrol car, and thankfully, the officer was not injured,” Miller said.<\/p>\n
The four people were arrested for assault with a weapon, reckless driving, breach of bail and drug charges, and will likely be in court next week.<\/p>\n
Police said 59 driving infringements were issued, one car was incorrectly registered and six cars were marked unsafe.<\/p>\n
“We’re disappointed to see this behaviour in Taranaki.<\/p>\n
“Driving like this puts everyone on the road in danger. We’ve seen the effects of dangerous driving and the very sad impact it can have on the community.<\/p>\n
“People deserve to feel safe and everyone on the road is required to follow the same rules, no exceptions. If we see dangerous driving, we will take appropriate action,” Miller said.<\/p>\n
If you see any dangerous driving, call 111 immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dangerous and unlawful driving was reported on Plantation Road and Main North Road on Friday and Saturday night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-544276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}