A road policing blitz on the Melbourne Cup long weekend detected 29 offences in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay during the five day period.
Operation Furlong targeted high risk driving behaviour, with a particular focus on impaired and speeding drivers and picked up 8,373 offences state-wide.
The most common offence detected in Maribyrnong was for drink driving and disqualified drivers with four offences recorded. While in Hobsons Bay the most common offence was unlicensed driving with seven offences recorded.
Four mobile phone offences were recorded in both municipalities along with police impounding two cars and four speeding offences.
Police said that across the state it was a “horrific” weekend on the roads with 13 deaths bringing the annual tally to a 15-year high.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said the 251 lives lost on Victorian roads this year, which is more than the entirety of 2022, is tragic.
“With two months to go in the year, it is incredibly concerning that we find ourselves in this position,” he said.
“This should be a wake up call to everyone – don’t think that road trauma can’t happen to you, because it can.
“During Operation Furlong we still detected far too many motorists doing the wrong thing – whether speeding over the limit, using their mobile phone whilst driving, or driving whilst impaired.”
