Operation Stopper, Day 2
The state-wide Operation Stopper, a combined traffic and general duties operation to provide a high visibility policing presence to detect dangerous driving behaviour, continued overnight.
Police conducted 15,037 random breath tests overall, with 11 drivers returning a positive result.
One person tested positive to a roadside drug test.
Police detected 86 speeding offences – with four of those between 20 and 30 kilometres over the speed limit.
20 people were caught not wearing their seatbelts and eight using their mobile phones behind the wheel.
Road Policing Command Inspector Ron Barry said it was particularly disappointing to see people continuing to speed.
“While Operation Stopper has concluded, our commitment to keeping Queenslanders safe on the road is not,” Inspector Barry said.
“In the lead up to Christmas, we will continue to be relentless in targeting those who continue to put their lives and the lives of innocent drivers at risk.
“People who speed, drink and drug drive, use their mobile phone behind the wheel, drive while tired or deliberately not put on their seat belts should remember that they’re referred to as the Fatal Five for a reason.”
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