A road policing blitz on the Melbourne Cup long weekend detected 178 offences in Brimbank during the five day period.
Operation Furlong targeted high risk driving behaviour, with a particular focus on impaired and speeding drivers and picked up 8,373 offences state-wide.
The most common offence detected in Brimbank was for disobeying signs and signals with 63 offences recorded.
The next most common offence was for speeding, with 43 offences recorded.
Sixteen mobile phone offences were recorded, along with police detecting 15 unregistered vehicles and 11 disqualified drivers.
Police said that across the state it was a “horrific” weekend on the roads with 13 deaths bringing the annual tally to a 15-year high.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said the 251 lives lost on Victorian roads this year, which is more than the entirety of 2022, is tragic.
“With two months to go in the year, it is incredibly concerning that we find ourselves in this position,” he said.
“This should be a wake up call to everyone – don’t think that road trauma can’t happen to you, because it can.
“During Operation Furlong we still detected far too many motorists doing the wrong thing – whether speeding over the limit, using their mobile phone whilst driving, or driving whilst impaired.”
