Police are reminding residents to be safe and mindful on the roads this Easter break.
Broadmeadows Senior Sergeant Bradley Towers, who was formerly stationed at Sunbury, said police always saw a lot of people on the roads over Easter.
“Especially on Thursday night and Good Friday morning, people are leaving all the arterials and heading into the country, and vice versa, coming home on Monday afternoon and Monday evening,”Senior Sergeant Towers said.
“We want a fatality and serious injury-free period, obviously we want people to get away and enjoy their family time over Easter, and be safe on our roads.
“There’s a road policing operation that is held over Easter, and we’ll have a lot of visible police presence.”
Senior Sergeant Towers said there would be highway patrols, and marked and unmarked police vehicles in the area, on major arterial roads including the Calder, Hume and Tullamarine freeways, and on the Western Ring Road.
“They’ll be targeting all these issues, like people using their phones and people who are speeding,” he said.
“We’re always looking to reduce the road toll and keep the community safe.”
He said since the pandemic and various lockdowns in Victoria, he’d seen driving get worse as people emerged back onto the roads.
“It’s not just about trying to keep the community safe, you’ve got to remember that police are the community and the community are the police too,” Senior Sergeant Towers said.
“We have family who are going to be on those roads, and the person that we may detect speeding, may have stopped that speed causing an accident and someone being seriously injured.
“We just want everyone to have a safe and happy Easter, and come back the way they left Melbourne.”
Elsie Lange
