By Esther Lauaki
Wyndham police deployed extra officers to curb unsafe driving during the Queen’s Birthday weekend.
Officers detected 56 speedsters on Wyndham roads during Operation Regal, which targeted holiday hot spots, regional highways and city roads over four days.
Police picked up 28 unregistered vehicles in Wyndham, 10 disqualified drivers, 12 unlicensed, seven drink drivers and 13 who tested positive for drugs.
Wyndham North Senior Sergeant Steve Hayes said police were out in force around Hogans Road and Deloraine Drive in Hoppers Crossing.
“It is important that we can get out in the community into areas that may have experienced offending and talk to the people … hear their concerns and offer advice and reassurance,” he said.
During the operation, police detected a 19-year-old Darley man who performed burnouts with a 17-year-old in his rear cargo tub of his vehicle.
Westgate Highway Patrol impounded the vehicle and the driver was charged with reckless conduct.
A 25-year-old Tarneit woman was fined $282 for not giving way to an ambulance responding to an emergency with lights and siren, forcing the ambulance to stop.
