Police have detected 84 driving offences in Wyndham across two days as part of a state-wide road safety blitz.
Between Tuesday, January 25 and Wednesday, January 26, police also used automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to detect disqualified, suspended and unlicensed drivers – as well as those driving unregistered vehicles – during Operatioin Amity.
Within Wyndham, police caught 28 speeding drivers, 14 unregistered vehicles and 13 motorists committing mobile phone offences.
Police also detected eight seatbelt offences, seven disobey signs/signals offences, four disqualified drivers and four drink drivers.
Officers impounded three vehicles in Wyndham, detected two unlicensed drivers and one drug driver.
A total of 2838 offences were detected during Operation Amity across Victoria, including 92 drink driving offences and 1117 speeding offences.
There was a fatal collision in Torrumbarry on Tuesday, bringing the total number of lives lost on the state’s roads to 21 this year, compared to 11 lives at the same time last year.
Road policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said: “Disappointingly, we continue to detect a significant number of motorists flouting the road rules and putting other’s lives at risk – with almost 3000 offences detected in just two days.
“Police patrols have increased on Victorian roads since the end of lockdowns, so motorists should expect to see more police, more often this year.
“With school resuming next week and more people returning to work now is not the time to be complacent behind the wheel.”
