Operation CROSSROADS is an Australia New Zealand Police Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) coordinated initiative from Friday 23 December to Tuesday 3 January 2012, which aims to:
- help keep roads safe
- reduce the number of collisions and fatalities
- reduce associated road trauma
- increase driver awareness and journey planning.
Police involved in this operation will be maintaining a high profile presence on major highways and arterial roads, targeting a range of road offences including speeding, drink-driving and drug-driving over the holiday period. We want you to plan your road trips in advance and take responsibility for your actions on the road this Christmas-New year period.
The CROSSROADS theme is the targeting of dangerous driving. We are targeting the five main causal factors of accidents. These factors are often referred to as the ‘fatal five’.
They include:
- Speeding
- Drink/drug driving
- Distraction
- Restraint non-compliance
- Fatigue.
Our operation will be employing a number of tactics including:
- a highly visible police presence
- targeting dangerous road users and behaviour
- taking decisive and swift action whenever dangerous driver behaviour is reported or detected
- making full use of legislation to combat and deter dangerous driving behaviour
- directing patrols to known speeding locations
- use of all available traffic speed analysers including mobile radars, lasers and speed cameras
- Targeted Breath Testing
- Random Drink/Drug Testing
- extensive education to the wider community
- public communication through the media.
Further information is available from our media release or the ANZPAA website.
Listen to a message from ACT Policing on Operation CROSSROADS.