Operation Crossroads – update 3rd January 2016
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date (accumulative):
| State wide traffic enforcement activities | 2015 | 2014 |
| Random drug & alcohol tests to date | 26,637 | 18,389 |
| Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date | 99 | 105 |
| Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date | 60 | 43 |
| Total Infringement notices issued to date | 1,880 | 2,250 |
| Infringement notices issued for speeding offences | 1,214 | 1,475 |
| Infringement notices issued for inattentive driving | 120 | 140 |
| Infringement notices issued for mobile phone use | 74 | 74 |
| Infringement notices issued for seat belt offences | 138 | 92 |
Last night’s double fatality in Launceston where a motor cycle rider and his pillion passenger collided with a four wheel drive utility was both a tragic and avoidable loss of life.
Less than 8 hours earlier Tasmania Police were pleading with all motorists, particularly motor cyclists to take care on the roads on the back of two significant incidents where young male motor cyclists were detected travelling at high speeds. Fortunately for those two riders, police were able to stop their risk taking behaviour before it had life changing effects.
Two families are now coping with the loss of their loved ones and will forever be reminded of the heartbreaking moment when they found out those close to them had lost their lives.
Operation Crossroads is conducted to prevent these incidents. It is frustrating for every member of Tasmania Police involved in Operation Crossroads to see their hard work end in such a tragic way.
A male P2 licence holder was detected travelling at 103 km/h in a 60 km/hr zone on the Arthur Highway Sorell, yesterday. The driver received an immediate 3 month disqualification, 6 demerit points and a $650 fine.
Young male drivers are another over represented group in serious and fatal motor vehicle crashes. This type of risk taking behaviour will not be tolerated by Tasmania Police. The states roads do not exist as anyone’s personal race track.
Tasmania Police will continue to target the small minority of road users who take unnecessary risks and whom show no regard to the lives of those around them.
After Operation Crossroads concludes Tasmania Police will continue to conduct education and enforcement activities to make the states roads safer for all users.