Canberra Liberals MLA Giulia Jones has apologised after it was revealed this week she lost her driver's licence for speeding offences.
Earlier this year Ms Jones, who is the ACT Opposition's spokeswoman for police and emergency services, had her licence suspended for three months after she was caught committing multiple low-range speeding offences.
She has since served the suspension and now has her licence back.
In making her apology, the Murrumbidgee MLA said she would continue in her position as the Opposition's spokeswoman for police and emergency services.
"I made a mistake and accepted the consequences," Ms Jones said.
"After three months of getting around on my bicycle, it's given me some additional perspective and I'm looking forward to starting a-fresh."
Ms Jones said she was in a private vehicle, and not behind the wheel of a taxpayer-funded car, at the time of the offences.
In recent months, Ms Jones posted a number of photos of herself cycling to her Facebook page, in which she also talked about how much she enjoyed starting her day that way.
'Blatant disregard for road safety'
ACT Road Safety Minister and Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury has now called on Ms Jones to resign from her portfolio position.
"Repeated speeding offences demonstrate irresponsible and dangerous behaviour, as well as a lack of respect for community safety, for the efforts of ACT Policing, and for Government efforts to reduce death and injury on ACT roads," he said.
"Enforcement exists to deter bad behaviour on our roads, but repeated speeding offences of this nature show a blatant disregard for road safety.
"The Shadow Police and Emergency Services Minister should accept responsibility and resign her portfolio position.
"Given the impact road trauma has on police and emergency services, it is not credible for Ms Jones to retain the portfolio given her track record."
News of Ms Jones' brush with the law followed more recent police warnings of the dangers of speed on Canberra's roads.
ACT Policing held a press conference last week to speak about what they said was a spike in dangerous driving recently, including speeding, drink driving, drug driving, using phones, and ignoring red lights.
In one of the incidents, two drivers were caught travelling at more than 150kph in a 90kph zone.
Officer in Charge of Road Policing, Detective Station Sergeant Marcus Boorman, said officers were baffled as the capital's roads have been empty as a result of the pandemic.
"I don't know what's causing this driver behaviour, but I do know what the effect will be, someone's luck will run out and we'll have a person, or people, killed," he said.
The senior police officer warned Canberrans that the city's roads were not their own private racetrack.
