NSW police will be running their own 12 days of Christmas this holiday season as double demerits kick into effect on Friday, December 21 and finish on Tuesday, January 1.
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Friday could prove a double whack for offenders in school zones, with December 21 still a designated school day, meaning 40 kilometre and hour speed limits are still in effect, and additional points for committing offences in those areas stacking with double demerits.
Speeding, seatbelt, motorcycle helmet and mobile phone offences will be targeted during the 12-day period around Christmas and New Year’s Day.
It won’t be a question of which rural road we will be on, but when we will be on it
- Traffic and Highway Patrol Command’s Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy
Mobile phone offences had an additional demerit point placed on them in September this year, meaning using your phone on the road during the Christmas period could result in the loss of 10 demerit points.
Back roads and highways will be a major target for police, with Traffic and Highway Patrol Command’s Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy warning “it won’t be a question of which rural road we will be on, but when we will be on it”.
“It will be those feeder roads that lead to our major arterial roads such as the Pacific, Newell and Princes highways,” Assistant Commissioner Corboy said.
During the 2017-2018 Operation Safe Arrival period, 31 lives were lost in 26 fatal crashes on NSW roads. Of the 31 lives lost, 19 were drivers, seven were passengers, two were motorcyclists and three were pedestrians.
Max Stainkamph
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
