Police in the south east were kept busy over Operation Reset with 1201 traffic offences detected across the four-day period.
Speeding topped the list of detected offences with 405 drivers caught over the limit. Alarmingly, 320 drivers were found to be exceeding the speed limit by 10-25kph.
Police conducted 11,758 preliminary breath tests and 499 drug tests during the operation and detected 69 affected drivers.
Southern Metro Region Acting Commander Tony Silva said it was alarming to see the number of dangerous choices people continue to make when they get behind the wheel.
“It’s a harsh reality of our roads that every offence, be it speeding, drink or drug driving, or failure to wear seatbelts, can take a life in a split second,” A/Cmdr Silva said.
“Poor driver behaviour on our roads continues to kill and injure family, friends and loved ones.
“The operation may have finished but our focus to reset this behaviour on our roads remains.”
Offences detected over the four days include:
• 24 drink drivers
• 45 drug drivers
• 43 impounds
• 61 mobile phone offences
• 79 unlicensed drivers
• 12 disqualified drivers
• 12 seat belt offences
• 207 unregistered vehicles
Operation Reset ran from 12.01am on Thursday 1 August until 11.59pm Sunday 4 August, 2019
