Police have issued over 160 cautions and 560 infringements during a cyclist and pedestrian safety operation across Sydney, Parramatta and Liverpool yesterday (Thursday 29 May 2014). Operation Pedro complements Fatality Free Friday being held today (Friday 30 May 2014), where everyone is being asked to take the pledge and play a personal role in making our roads safer. Yesterday police cautioned 169 people and issued 346 pedestrian infringements, 27 bicycle infringements, 12 “choke intersection” infringements, 24 mobile phone infringements, five seat belt infringements, one charge for aggravated burnout, 65 other infringements and 87 random breath tests. Commander of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith, said that Operation Pedro is about changing road user behaviour in order to save lives. “All available resources from the Mounted Police, Motorcycle Response Teams, General Duty and Cyclist Officers from various police commands were tasked with making sure pedestrians and cyclists were sharing the road safely. “We have had 28 pedestrian fatalities already this year, up 16 from last year. This operation is about police working with all available resources, including our road safety partners in the NSW Centre for Road Safety, doing all we can to ensure pedestrians and cyclist begin and finish their journeys safely. “We sincerely hope that those we have cautioned learn from this experience and change their behaviour, for the benefit of preventing serious injury and deaths on our roads,” A/Assistant Commissioner Smith said. General Manager of the NSW Centre for Road Safety, Ms Margaret Prendergast, said that with pedestrian and cyclist safety action plans recently released, this operation was important to reinforce those messages. “We will continue to work with Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers and other major stakeholders to ensure road user safety in Central Business Districts throughout NSW,” she said. Operation Pedro involved officers patrolling major thoroughfares at Liverpool, Parramatta and in Sydney’s CBD and focussed on intersection safety; in an effort to reduce road trauma by promoting safe road use.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 01:14:03 +0000
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