Wheatbelt mobile speed camera operator charged after allegedly causing near head-on crash

Key points

• A mobile speed camera operator has been charged with reckless driving after police allege he overtook a road train and forced an oncoming car onto the shoulder to avoid a head-on crash. The incident is alleged to have happened around noon on September 29 on Great Eastern Highway between Tammin and Cunderdin.
• The specially fitted Isuzu D-Max, owned by the Road Safety Commission, was impounded. Its release was approved on October 12, with the driver's personal vehicle substituted.
• The 67-year-old man is due to face Northam Magistrates Court on December 14.