The road safety campaign Operation Spring Break has been launched, coinciding with the beginning of the school holidays.
Cooordinated by the Queensland Police Service (QPS), the campaign has the aim of saving lives and serious traffic injuries while improving road safety over the busy holiday period and into the first week of returning to school.
Acting QPS Inspector Ian Crang said it was important people travelled safely.
“We are in a unique situation where families will be taking advantage of being able to travel further away from home for the school holidays and we expect traffic to increase significantly,” Acting Inspector Crang said.
“There will be a highly visible police presence on our roads, as well as roadside drug and alcohol testing and speed camera operations with a focus on those areas where we expect to see an increase in road users.”
He said that as families headed out on the roads, QPS wanted to encourage everyone to make safe choices.
“We know this is how we can stop serious injuries and lives lost on our roads — don’t drive if you are tired, watch your speed, drive to the conditions and avoid distraction,” the officer said.
Lives lost on Queensland roads so far this year totalled 183 — 30 more than for this time last year.
