POLICE have been left disappointed after a state-wide operation saw numerous drivers taking risks and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol over the last month.
Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) was run from 15 November to 8 December, with an aim of targeting drivers under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Over the 24-day period, police state-wide recorded 1274 alcohol offences and 328 drug offences, with around 53 offences for alcohol and 13 offences for drugs issued each day, on average.
Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill said he was disappointed to see motorists displaying little regard for their safety and the safety of others on the road.
“These drivers have no respect for other road users and should not be on the roads,” he said.
“We know that impaired driving is a significant contributor to road trauma and we are continually pushing this message.
“Yet we still have some drivers who are willing to put their lives and the lives of others at risk – it is just not good enough.”
In the Yarra Ranges Police Service Area (PSA), 26 drink-driving offences were recorded, along with 482 speeding offences and 104 unregistered vehicles detected, though no drug-affected drivers were recorded over the period.
Healesville Police Sergeant Stewart Thomson said that local police would be working longer hours and running more operations, including Random Breath Test (RBT) sites, in order to catch drivers doing the wrong thing.
Sgt Thomson urged all drivers to be aware of the effects of alcohol on concentration and to seek alternate means of transport if they plan on driving.
Other offences recorded over the Operation RAID period were 2609 mobile phone related offences, 1719 unlicensed drivers caught and 11,732 speeding offences, among others.
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