Hume police will be out in force over Easter amid concerns about driver behaviour on the municipality’s roads.
A statewide road safety blitz will be running over the Easter long weekend and Hume police plan to saturate local roads during the operation.
Inspector Anthony Brown said Hume police would be making a “big commitment” to the road safety operation in a bid to change driver behaviour.
“We are concerned by the number of recent fatalities on our roads,” he said.
“Last year, we had one fatality on our roads, which is still one too many, but we have already had two this year.
“We have had big success in recent years with our road policing.
“We don’t want to get back to the time where there were 10-12 fatalities on our roads each year. Every life lost on our roads is one too many.”
Two pedestrians were killed on Hume roads in the past four weeks, with a man hit by a car on Mickleham Road at Yuroke on February 26 after his own car was involved in a collision with another vehicle.
On March 3, a man was struck by a car on Mickleham Road at Tullamarine. The man was crossing a service lane near the airport when he was hit.
Inspector Brown said police would have dangerous drivers in their sights, including those speeding and drink and drug affected.
“We want to make sure people are behaving themselves on the roads. Driver behaviour needs to be adjusted. There will be extra people on the roads, so make sure you allow extra time,” he said.
“People need to make sure their car is roadworthy, and of course, no drink and drug driving.”
