A 56-year-old truck driver has been issued a fine after police caught him using a mobile phone while driving.
At about 10am on Thursday 7 May police were travelling in a 100kmph zone along the Southern Expressway when their attention was drawn to a truck driving below the speed limit and clearly not paying attention to the road.
Upon further investigation police observed the truck driver using a hand held mobile phone as he was driving. Police stopped the driver and issued him with an expiation fine for the distraction based offence.
Police are currently targeting motorists who use their phone while driving for Operation Fatal Distraction.
The state-wide operation focuses on distraction based offences which include using a phone, interacting with social media and any other behaviour which may cause inattention while behind the wheel.
In 2019 there were 46 lives lost in collisions where distraction was a contributing factor. In 2020 we have already seen 24 lives lost due to distraction.
Operation Fatal Distraction began at 12:01am on Monday 4 May 2020 and will end at 11:59pm tonight, Friday 8 May 2020.
