MORE than 400 driving offences have been detected in the last four months by Somerville Highway Patrol officers.
The offences occurred across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. Highway Patrol members caught 176 drink and 61 drug drivers, and charged 125 drivers with speeding.
Among those arrested recently was a 45-year-old Frankston North man. Police pulled him over on Skye Road in Frankston at around midday on 21 June for a breath test. He allegedly returned an evidentiary breath test reading of 0.223, and had his license revoked for a year.
Somerville Highway Patrol acting inspector Melissa Nixon said that lives were being endangered. “In the past four months, we have caught far too many people putting themselves and others at severe risk on local roads,” she said.
“Everyone deserves to arrive at their destination alive. Far too often, police attend the scene of a road accident that could have been avoided if drivers had made better choices behind the wheel. With the school holidays well and truly underway and increased traffic on the road, we are pleading with drivers to slow down, be patient and plan ahead.”