Drivers speeding, on their phones, distracted or drink or drug driving will be under scrutiny from local police in the Dandenong Ranges.
Belgrave Police Station are currently conducting Operation Rivet, targeting distracted driving, speeding and impaired drivers in the Belgrave area.
Police continue to see a number of drivers drive at excessive speeds through school zones and Thursday 21 August was no different.
Via social media police said that after spending some time in a fully marked vehicle on Burwood Highway, Upwey during the school pick up time, with a speed limit of 40km/h a number of people were caught and given tickets for alleged speeding.
“Needless to say, please slow down in school zones,” the post said.
Similar behaviours were observed in Kallista township when a marked police vehicle intercepted a number of drivers in a 50km/h zone – one 47 year old male was intercepted for an alleged speed of 93km/h and received a 6 month loss of licence and a $840 fine.
Operation RIVET will continue over the coming weeks in an effort to reduce speed and distraction related injury collisions in the Belgrave area.
