Operation Crossroads – Update 1 January 2016
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date (accumulative):
| State wide traffic enforcement activities | 2015 | 2014 |
| Random drug & alcohol tests to date | 17,756 | 14,465 |
| Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date | 74 | 68 |
| Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date | 37 | 36 |
| Total Infringement notices issued to date | 1,473 | 1,902 |
| Infringement notices issued for speeding offences | 975 | 1,250 |
| Infringement notices issued for inattentive driving | 99 | 114 |
| Infringement notices issued for mobile phone use | 61 | 66 |
| Infringement notices issued for seat belt offences | 94 | 75 |
A 36 year old unlicenced driver from Penguin was charged with Driving Under the Influence and exceeding .05 after crashing his vehicle into a tree at Penguin last night. He returned a reading of .150.
An 18 year old Queenstown man was also charged with a number of alcohol related driving offences last night. The P1 driver was intercepted in Queenstown and returned a reading of .138.
Yet again Tasmania Police find themselves dealing with a small minority of the community who demonstrate no regard for other road users. Operation Crossroads has removed 74 of these individuals from the roads since the 23rd of December 2015.
What is reassuring is the considerable decrease in motorists detected travelling over the speed limit.
Please remember the fatal five:
Speed
Alcohol and drugs
Distraction
Seatbelts
Fatigue
These are the five contributing factors to serious and fatal crashes.