Seventy-three driving-related offences were recorded in Brimbank on the grand final long weekend as part of a statewide policing operation targeting high-risk driving behaviour, with increased roadside alcohol and drug testing conducted over the four days.
Twenty-three drivers were pinged for disobeying road signs and signals in the municipality and 21 drivers were caught speeding.
While no drunk drivers were recorded, there were five drug drivers caught by police.
There were also three unlicensed drivers caught, two seatbelt offences recorded, seven mobile phone offences tracked and seven unregistered vehicles driven.
Three drivers were disqualified from driving and two impoundments were made by police.
Across the state, 5088 offences were detected by police during the operation.
Speeding was the most common offence with police catching 2179 drivers.
There were 192 drink driving offences recorded from 106,519 preliminary breath tests and 138 drug driving offences from 2775 roadside drug tests too.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said it was concerning to see high strike rates for drivers caught over the legal limit for alcohol and drugs.
“It was also concerning to detect so many unauthorised drivers over the weekend – these are people who have typically have their licence removed for committing a serious offence and are continuing to drive when they shouldn’t, putting other road users at risk,” Assistant Commissioner Weir said.
