Police detected a total of 71 speeding offences across Casey during the AFL Grand Final long weekend as part of Operation Scoreboard.
Police also detected five drink driving, five drug driving, seven disqualified driving, six unlicensed drivers and seven disobeying signs/signals offences, as well as one seatbelt offence, two mobile phone offences, 14 unregistered vehicles and four impoundments.
The four-day, statewide road policing operation involved police targeting high-risk driving behaviour, with a particular focus drink and drug driving.
Police detected 213 drink driving offences from 112,750 preliminary breath tests – a strike rate of one in 529 drivers caught over the limit.
Of those, 30 per cent were caught for exceeding a blood alcohol limit of 0.00 BAC – meaning they should not be driving with any alcohol in their system at all.
A further 130 drug driving offences were detected from 2,593 roadside drug tests.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said it was a busy weekend for Victoria Police.
“It was busy across the state’s roads as many Victorians made the most of the long weekend, enjoying the AFL Grand Final celebrations and the fantastic spring weather,” he said.
Assistant Commissioner Weir said it was unacceptable to see a significant amount of drink driving and drug driving offences over the weekend.
“Police focused heavily on drink and drug drivers, and while pleasingly the majority of those tested were doing the right thing, we still detected 343 drink and drug driving offences over the weekend,” he said.
“While many celebrated across the weekend, it was a tragic period on the roads with four lives lost in separate collisions.
“With the number of lives lost now at a seven-year high, it is paramount that we all do everything we can to stop more trauma on our roads this year.”
