Seatbelt offences made up the majority of offences detected by police in Hobsons Bay during a four-day state wide road policing operation on the Australia Day long weekend.
Operation Amity involves police having a highly visible presence on Victorian roads and highways between January 25 and 28, in an effort to reduce road trauma.
In Hobsons Bay, police detected five seatbelt offences, thee offences of disobeying signs-signals, four unregistered vehicles, two disqualified drivers, one drug driver, one impoundment, one drink driving offence, one combined speeding offence and one cyclist offence.
With the return of school, police are urging motorists to adhere to the 40km/h speed limit in school zones and are warning that reduced speeds will be actively enforced.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said police will continue to prioritise speeding enforcement and will be focusing on enforcing speed limits around school zones.
“Despite our warnings, we continue to detect a concerningly high number of motorists for speeding during these long weekend operations,” he said.
“Most speed detections are for low to mid-range speeding, which suggests to us that many motorists think it’s acceptable to travel just a little bit over the speed limit.
“What many motorists don’t seem to grasp is that speeding continues to be the leading cause of serious injury and fatal collisions – a quarter of last year’s fatal collisions were as a result of speed.
“Any form of excessive or inappropriate speed, whether it be 5km/h to 25km/h over the limit, significantly increases the likelihood of being involved in a collision.
“We need people to stop being reckless and speeding unnecessarily to get to your destination faster – you’d rather arrive five or 10 minutes late, than not at all.”
