A number of serious collisions in busy roads in the Dandenong Ranges in the last year have resulted in an increased police presence to try to cut back on the number of serious injuries caused from the resulting collisions.
Belgrave Police have been recently targeting speed and distraction offences in their high-risk areas in an attempt to reduce serious injury collisions within the Belgrave area.
Operation Hasty has been set in motion in the Belgrave area due to 42 injury collisions occurring over the previous 12 months, with 12 of those collisions causing serious injuries.
These collisions have mainly occurred on the main thoroughfares in the area, including Burwood Highway, Wellington Rd, Glenfern Rd, Belgrave-Gembrook Rd and Belgrave-Hallam Rd.
Acting Sergeant Hevern said that despite being a high visibility operation in marked vehicles, our member’s issued 17 infringement notices for speed and distraction offences during the Operation, including one driver who lost their licence for three months after being detected in excess of 25km an hour over the speed limit.
“These drivers are the ones who place our family and friends at risk and we make no apologies for penalising motorists who selfishly put themselves and other road users at risk,” he said.
The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) said in a late June media release that motorists need to remember to adjust their driving behaviours and travel at safe speeds to adapt to wetter, slipperier and darker conditions brought on by winter.
This year on Victorian roads lives lost sits at 294 which is up by 10.1 per cent from last year.
