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Speeding motorists are being put on lot of preventable tragedies on our roads,” operations across Queensland and will
notice as police ramp up efforts to stop Acting Chief Superintendent Rohweder continue to do all we can to make our
the rising trauma on Queensland roads. said. roads safer.
Twenty lives have already been lost on “In many of these incidents, excessive “Police will continue to target dangerous
Queensland roads in February while speed has been the main cause of the road users so motorists doing the wrong
600 people have been injured in traffic crash.” thing should expect us anywhere,
crashes. He said police had ramped up enforcement anytime.”
Queensland’s Lives Lost toll stands at 40, activity, conducting operations across the
which is 3 more than at the same time last state. Enforcement activity in the first half
year and more than double than at the “Our officers are seeing extremely of February (Feb 1 to 17) includes:
same time in 2020 (18). dangerous risk-taking behaviour on • 7,700 speeding fines issued by police
Acting Chief Superintendent Ray our roads, particularly when it comes to • 55,000 RBTs & RDTs conducted
Rohweder said speed continued to be speeding. • 722 drink drivers detected
a contributing factor in the majority of “Some of the worst offenders are doing • 586 positive drug drivers detected
serious crashes. double the speed limit which is idiotic • 15,875 traffic infringement notices
“Already this year we have seen a lot of and reckless and will not be tolerated.
trauma, a lot of shattered families and a “We are conducting localised traffic Source: mypolice.qld.gov.au

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