Police are pleading with motorists to prioritise road safety over the Christmas and New Year period as Operation Roadwise kicks off.
The statewide road policing operation, which launches on Friday, will run for an extended 20-day period and will see police highly visible across the state’s major roads and arterials.
There will be a significant focus on impaired driving with police conducting widespread alcohol and drug testing every day throughout the operation.
Police conducted more than 300,000 preliminary breath tests and almost 9000 roadside drug tests during last year’s Operation Roadwise.
Data shows December is the worst month of the year for drink drive offending, recording the highest number of drink driving detections and most collisions where the driver was over the blood alcohol limit.
Operation Roadwise commences at 00:01 hours on Friday 13 December 2024 and concludes at 23:59 hours on Wednesday 1 January 2025.
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