Senior police are pleading with drivers to slow down and be patient as heavy traffic is expected with many holiday-goers returning home today.
People continue to put their lives at risk with dangerous behaviour, including two learner drivers that were caught driving faster than 140km/h in separate incidents.
Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy, of the Traffic & Highway Patrol Command, said that people need to slow down on their return home, to ensure the safety of all road users.
“Police continue to be out in force today – spending their day away from their own family and friends – in order to keep people safe on the roads.
“As people return from their long-weekend holidays; the last thing we want is to see is a tragic scene where someone has lost their life or killed another, simply because they are rushing.
“Three people have already died during this long-weekend. With a combination of heavy traffic and people not obeying the law, I fear that we could see more people die on our roads.
“Please slow down, it is more important to get you and your family home safe, than to not get home at all,” Assistant Commissioner Corboy said.
Operation Tortoise – the Easter long-weekend traffic operation – began at 12.01am Thursday 13 April 2017 and ends at 11.59pm tonight (Monday 17 April 2017). Double-demerits will be in force throughout the operation.
Key statistics (progressive total): Speed infringements: 6077 Breath tests: 191,224 PCA charges: 199 Major crashes: 274 Fatalities: 3. Source
