NEARLY 500 people have been caught speeding by the Capalaba Road Policing Unit in two weeks, with the highest speed recorded at 48km/h over the speed limit.
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Officer in charge of the Capalaba Road Policing Unit Senior Sergeant Neale Stoneley said the statistics were very disappointing.
“It’s alarming that people aren’t heeding our warnings about speed,” he said.
The highest speed recorded was 98km/h on Railway Parade in Thorneside, which is a 50km/h zone.
A total of 491 speed offences and 104 non-speed offences were detected from December 21 to January 4.
There were 20 crashes in the Redlands during the same period, with people injured in six of the crashes.
Senior Sergeant Stoneley said police practiced zero tolerance and would continue with their enforcement on all major arterial roads and suburban streets.
The Capalaba Road Policing Unit charged eight people with low to mid-range drink-driving and six for drug-driving during the two week period.
Extra police are on the roads across Queensland throughout the holidays and into the first week of the school term.
Their focus is on speeding, drink and drug-driving, distracted driving, fatigue and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Senior Sergeant Stoneley said fatigue continued to be a cause of crashes.
“If you are driving long distances, take a break every couple of hours,” he said. “Adhere to the speed limit and allow plenty of time to get where you need to go.
“Road safety is everyone’s responsibility. We can’t be everywhere all the time. We need people to adopt safe attitudes themselves.”
Preliminary statistics from Queensland Police had the 2016 road toll at 250 fatalities, seven more than in 2015.
