MEDIA RELEASE - NSW POLICE FORCE Motorcyclists involved in four out of five fatalities during Operation Slow Down Sunday, 06 October 2013 03:14:32 PM The long-weekend road toll now stands at five, with another three people losing their lives on NSW roads on day two of Operation Slow Down. Double demerits are still in place and extra police out in force for this state-wide, high-visibility, traffic-enforcement operation, which is run over the Labour Day long weekend every year. Four out of the five fatalities recorded during the first two days of Operation Slow Down have involved motorcycle riders, specifically: Day two: About 8.20pm yesterday (Saturday 5 October 2013), emergency services were called to the Kings Highway at Clyde Mountain, near Braidwood, after a motorcycle left the roadway and hit a concrete barrier. Ambulance Paramedics rendered assistance to the 60-year-old male rider, but he died at the scene. Day two: Emergency services were called to a dirt track at Freemans Waterhole, in the state’s Lake Macquarie region, about 2.15pm yesterday, following reports a trail-bike rider lost control of his bike and hit a tree. Police performed CPR on the 21-year-old rider, but he died a short time later. Day two: About 3.30pm yesterday, a motorcyclist crashed while travelling north on the Princes Highway at Blakehurst, near Tom Uglys Bridge. Emergency services attended and took the man to St George Hospital, where he died a short time later. Day one: About 11pm on Friday 4 October 2013, a 53-year-old man was riding his motorcycle east on Fallon Street, North Albury, when he lost control on a bend. The man crashed into a fence and died at the scene. In the fifth incident, a 19-year-old man died about 5.15am on Friday 4 October 2013 after the Lexus he was driving left Raymond Terrace Road, Millers Forest. The car crashed through a fence and rolled a number of times before coming to rest in a paddock. “Our advice to motorcyclists is the same as for all other road users, especially when there is an increased volume of traffic: drive to conditions, take breaks and stay within the speed limit,” Acting Traffic and Highway Patrol Operations Commander, Acting Superintendent Mark Cook, said. “Also, we cannot stress how important it is for motorcyclists to wear helmets whenever they are out riding,” A/Supt Cook said. “In a crash, this could mean the difference between life and death.” Double demerits are in place all weekend for motorcycle-helmet offences, along with speeding and seat-belt infringements. Since the start of Operation Slow started at 12am on Friday 4 October, police statewide have issued a total of 2508 speeding infringements. This is 404 more – and an almost 20% increase – compared with the corresponding period in 2012. Officers have also performed more than 92,000 random breath tests in the first two days of Operation Slow Down – 20,546 more than in the same period last year. In the past 48 hours, a total of 97 people have been charged with drink driving in NSW. Statewide there have been 192 major crashes – 174 less than last year – and 56 people injured. Other incidents of note on day two of Operation Slow Down 2013 include: Just after 2pm yesterday (Saturday 5 October 2013), police from Hawkesbury Highway Patrol allegedly observed a motorcycle entering a roundabout in North Richmond from the incorrect side of the road. Officers followed the bike for approximately 5km, during which it reached an estimated alleged speed of 180km/h in an 80km/h zone. Police stopped the 31-year-old male driver in Tennyson Road, where he was issued with a field court attendance notice in relation to this incident. Officers also suspended the man’s licence. A 36-year-old woman driving with her three children in the car on the state’s North Coast has been charged with high-range drink driving. The woman was stopped for a random breath test on the Pacific Highway, Woolgoolga, just before 6pm yesterday. Officers observed three children in the vehicle, all under the age of 10. At Woolgoolga Police Station, the woman submitted to a breath-analysis test, which returned an alleged reading of 0.207. Officers suspended the woman’s licence, and issued her with a future court attendance notice. About 9.10pm yesterday, Highway Patrol officers stopped an Isuzu truck on the Princes Highway, West Wollongong, to submit the driver to a random breath test. While the test returned a negative result, a check of the 48-year-old man’s details revealed his driver’s licence expired in June 1988, and he is currently disqualified from obtaining a licence until May 2014. Police arrested the man and took him to Wollongong Police Station, where he was refused bail to appear in Wollongong Local Court today (Sunday 6 October 2012). Operation Slow Down will run until 11.59pm on Monday (7 October 2013). Double demerit points are in place for this entire period. #LismoreRadio #OperationSlowDown #MediaRelease #NSWPoliceForce
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:16:00 +0000
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