Speeding motorists were caught out by police in Hume and Macedon Ranges during the Anzac Day period, with 18 drivers fined for speeding.
Operation Tribute ran from April 24 to April 28, in an effort to reduce road trauma, with more than a third of offences detected being for speeding.
In Macedon Ranges, police detected 17 speeding offences, nine unregistered vehicles, five drink driving offences, two unlicensed drivers, two mobile phone offences and 12 offences for disobeying signs/signals.
In Hume, police detected one speeding offence, three unregistered vehicles, one drink driving offence, two mobile phone offences, three disqualified drivers, one seatbelt offence, two impoundments and two offences for disobeying signs/signals.
Across the state, police detected 6857 traffic offences, and two deaths were recorded with fatal collisions in Arcadia and Everton Upper.
Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said it was disappointing to see almost 7000 offences were detected.
“Anzac Day is an important time of reflection and paying our respects, however it’s a shame we don’t see this extended to people’s behaviour on the roads,” he said.
“Of particular concern is the high number of people we are catching who should not be behind the wheel– these individuals show a blatant disregard for the road rules
“The number of people fined for things that are so easily avoidable, like using a mobile phone or failing to wear a seatbelt, also remains baffling to us.”
