Thursday 17 December

Cairns Police issue Christmas speed warning to motorists

Cairns Traffic Branch have combined resources with other traffic branches in the Far Northern Region, to commence speed detection operations for the Christmas period.

Cairns District Traffic Branch, Officer-in-Charge, Senior Sergeant Preben Farbaek is warning motorists that speeding is unacceptable, “It will be common place over the next month to see numerous speed cameras operating at the same time in the same district” Senior Sergeant Farbaek said.

As part of Operation Enhance, traffic police will also be deployed to conduct enforcement in the vicinity of speed camera locations ensuring that driver’s aren’t flashing headlights or speeding up once they have passed a speed camera.

Editors comments: You have been warned !  This Christmas and beyond  the Police are looking for speedsters as well as the usual drinksters.  One thing leads to another so please do not drink and drive this Christmas, you will get caught and the resulting change for your lifestyle is just not worth it.  So drive carefully and keep within the speed limits.  However if you're going to drink you won't have to worry about the speed limit because you won't be driving, will you?