SA cops back down on 'cha-cha' charge

ADELAIDE sometimes has a reputation of being a big country town but pedestrians beware - you can be booked for crossing the road too slowly.

A Perth man last week faced court accused of staying on an Adelaide CBD road longer than necessary to cross it in March 2012.

But after robust criticism by the magistrate, police prosecutors withdrew the charge, which attracts a maximum penalty of a $42 fine.

"We didn't get it right," Acting Assistant Commissioner Michael Cornish admitted on ABC radio on Tuesday.

According to The Advertiser, when the case came before Magistrate Sue O'Connor she asked why police were pursuing the charge.

"What is this heinous crime?" she said.

"Was he doing the cha cha? Cha cha cha-ing? One foot in, one foot out? Now that's an offence.

"No conga lines allowed in Adelaide?"

Mr Cornish denied a suggestion that revenue raising was a consideration for police issuing traffic infringements.

"Police are in the business of road safety," he said.

"There's lots of discretion and judgment used every day and common-sense used every day."

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