Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP joined Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating at the Roma Street Fire Station today for the official launch of the school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Cold Snap.
Between June 29, and July 19, the QPS will coordinate a state-wide traffic policing operation designed to improve road safety and reduce the number of fatal or serious injury traffic crashes.
This operation coincides with the June/July school holidays and a period in which there is an increase in vehicles using Queensland roads.
The operation will include strategies such as a highly visible police presence on Queensland roads and roadside drug and alcohol testing for police to detect offences and enforce the road rules.
Assistant Commissioner Keating said Operation Cold Snap would reinforce the fatal five factors:
Speeding;
Drink/drug driving;
Seat belts;
Fatigue; and
Distraction.
“Drivers who fail to comply with traffic laws and regulations place road users across Queensland at