Results of the latest school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Cold Snap, have been released with Queensland Police Service Commissioner, Katarina Carroll saying the State-wide operation was a strong reminder to all road users to make safe choices while out on the road.
“We appreciate the overall community mindfulness of driving responsibly and safely over the past few weeks but sadly, 12 lives have been lost on our roads since the school holidays began on 27 June,” Commissioner Carroll said.
“Compared to the same time last year, Queensland has seen a road toll increase of 16.
“This is too many.”
She said it was important to remember that the road toll was not just a number; every person who died on the roads had a network of family and friends who were left behind and whose lives were changed forever.
Minister for Police, Mark Ryan said that with Queensland tourism opening up again, Operation Cold Snap had provided a timely reminder for all motorists to stay alive and avoid the Fatal Five.”
Assistant Police Commissioner, Ben Marcus said that as part of the operation, officers across Queensland had conducted high visibility operations to enforce the road rules and remind motorists of the fatal five factors — speeding, drink/drug driving, distraction, fatigue and seat belt use.
“To-date, throughout Operation Cold Snap, 9,977 drivers have been detected committing life-endangering offences,” Assistant Commissioner Marcus said.
“Of that enforcement, 7,718 motorists were intercepted for speeding, 1,313 for drink/drug driving and 496 for offences related to other dangerous activities including not wearing a seatbelt and mobile phone use,” he said.
