POLICE have pleaded with motorists to take extreme care this Queen’s Birthday long weekend following the deaths of seven people in various crashes on the state’s roads since Sunday.
Extra police will be on duty during the annual Operation Stay Alert road safety campaign, which begins on Friday to Monday inclusive. During last year’s operation, two people were killed on NSW roads
Officers will be conducting high visibility patrols, mobile and stationary random breath tests and random drug tests. Double demerit points will be in force and apply for all speeding, seat belt and motorcycle helmet offences during this period.
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About Mick Roberts
A Sydney journalist, writer and historian, Mick Roberts specialises in Australian cultural history, particularly associated with the Australian hotel and liquor industry. Mick has had an interest in revealing the colourful story of pubs, inns and associated industries in Australia for over 30 years. He is currently working on a comprehensive history of the hotel and liquor industry in the Illawarra region of NSW. Besides writing a number of history books, Mick has owned and managed several community newspapers. He was one time editor of the Wollongong Northern News, The Bulli Times, The Northern Times, The Northern Leader and The Local - all located in the Wollongong region. As a journalist he has worked for Rural Press, Cumberland (News Limited), Sydney based, City News, and Torch Publications based in Canterbury Bankstown, NSW. He currently calls the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills home.
POLICE have pleaded with motorists to take extreme care this Queen’s Birthday long weekend following the deaths of seven people in various crashes on the state’s roads since Sunday.
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