Tip-ping point for Moreton Police

Moreton Police have launched Operation Tip, after the 10^th life was lost, in Kippa-Ring, on roads in the district this year.

Operation Tip started on Monday (June 23) and will run until July 25, focusing on reducing the number of fatal and serious injury crashes.

Acting Superintendent Craig White said the operation will target high-risk crash sites.

“Analysis of road safety data identified a range of issues that contribute to serious road trauma in our community,” Acting Superintendent White said.

“The main themes included drug and drink driving and rural road collision rates. We know the rate of fatal and serious crashes increase in rural and remote areas.

“Longer travel times at higher speeds and over greater distances combine with fatigue, two-way roads and highways to increase the risk of collision in rural areas.

“Serious road trauma continues to be a significant safety issue to all road users in our community and it’s essential that police continue enforcement, education, and targeting dangerous driving behaviour.”

In addition to business-as-usual patrols, Operation Tip will see highly visible targeted proactive patrols and intercepts across the Moreton district.

“Expect to see police on the roads anytime, anywhere in your community,” Acting Superintendent White said.

“We have lost 136 lives in Queensland so far this year, with 10 of those on Moreton district roads and we cannot let that trajectory continue.

“Road safety is everyone’s responsibility and every decision made on the road has the power to save or take a life.

“As we look towards the school holiday period, I remind drivers to drive to the local conditions, stop, rest and arrive to your destination alive.

“Police are committed to reducing the trauma on our roads, but we can’t do that without help.

“We need to work as a community. All play our part in making our roads safer for everyone.”

During the first day of proactive target patrols (June 23), a white Toyota Landcruiser was intercepted at a static roadside breath test site on Sylvan Beach Esp, Bellara.

The driver, a 62-year-old Banksia Beach man, allegedly returned a positive roadside test with a breath alcohol concentration of 0.08 per cent.

He has been charged with one count of did drive over the general alcohol limit, given a notice to appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on July 10 and a 24-hour driver’s license suspension.

Serious crashes can be significantly reduced when drivers avoid the Fatal Five: speeding, drink and drug driving, not wearing seatbelts, fatigue and distraction.

For more information visit www.police.qld.gov.au/initiatives/fatal-five-staying-safe-roads