By Brendan Rees
One hundred and thirteen motorists have been hit with speeding fines in Casey as part of a Queen’s birthday long weekend road blitz by Victoria Police.
During the four-day Operation Regal period, police detected 182 offences – including 25 unregistered vehicles, and four drink drivers.
Seven drug drivers and four disqualified drivers were also detected.
Other common offences included mobile phone (four), impoundments (two), and 12 unlicensed drivers.
On Sunday 7 June, a probationary driver returned an alleged breath test reading of 0.145 per cent in Berwick. The driver’s car had been involved in a single vehicle collision on Berwick-Cranbourne Road.
Police allege the vehicle had been travelling south when it crossed onto the wrong side of the road, taking out a street light and a number of street signs, before returning back to the correct side of the road. The driver was found at the scene and interviewed for careless driving.
Luckily, no one was harmed.
Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Libby Murphy urged motorists to take extra care after a 30-year-old male motorcyclist died after failing to negotiate a bend and collided with a tree in Hoddles Creek on Sunday 7 June while a 28-year-old woman tragically died following a two-car collision in Kangaroo Ground on Friday 5 June.
“I urge that people ride to the conditions, as particularly in these cooler temperatures there is a risk that roads will be wet, visibility is poorer and in regional locations black ice may be on the road. If travelling in groups only ride to the capability of your weakest rider,” Ms Murphy said.
Across the state police detected 146 drug drivers, 269 drink drivers and 4693 speeding offences.
