Vic: Police launch new weapon to cut the road toll

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2010
Vic: Police launch new weapon to cut the road toll

More hoon drivers will find themselves locked up .. if Victorian police have their way.

Graphic TV ads .. booze buses .. speed cameras and other weapons have been used to
help slash the state's road toll to a record low of 295 last year.

Now police want to focus on catching and locking up the culprits who cause serious
crashes .. and they're getting a new taskforce called the Centre for Road Policing ..

to do it.

Run by experienced former homicide squad chief BERNIE RANKIN .. police deputy commissioner
KEN LAY says the aim is to hold more people accountable for what amount to serious criminal
offences.

So far this Easter long weekend .. three people have been killed on Victorian roads
.. while three thousand drivers have been nabbed for speeding and more than 300 for drink-driving.

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KEYWORD: TOLL VIC LAY (MELBOURNE)

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