There will be a strong police presence on south west roads this Anzac Day weekend.
While it is not a long weekend, Anzac Day is traditionally associated with travel to attend events and there is an increased risk of impaired driving on the public holiday.
Operation Tribute will see police highly visible and enforcing across the state’s roads in an effort to curb road trauma.
It comes as 18 lives lost have occurred in 22 days during April on Victorian roads.
Of those, eight have occurred on weekends.
Those travelling this weekend are being urged to stick to the speed limit, with over 4000 fines issued during Easter and AFL Gather Round.
Motorists are also being warned to expect to be tested anywhere, anytime for alcohol and drugs, with 329 drink drivers and 204 drug drivers caught over both operations this month.
Police conducted a combined 150,000 preliminary breath tests and 3922 roadside drug tests during Operation Nexus and Operation Constellate.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Justin Goldsmith said despite a significant uplift in road policing enforcement this month, a devastating amount of trauma was still happening on our roads.
“Anzac Day is a high-risk period on our roads, so we ask people to take care and look out for one another – particularly around the dawn services and commemorative events taking place,” he said.
