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A Mackay police officer is pleading with road users to sharpen their senses to curb the carnage of motorcyclists on Queensland roads.
âUnfortunately this year to date weâve had 10 motorcycle fatalities on our roads in Queensland, compared to three last year,â Road Policing Unit Sergeant Simon Robinson said.
âIt is a really scary statistic that weâre coming to, considering weâre only in February.
âObviously bikes are fast, they do approach cars very quickly and a lot of the time they are small so car drivers donât look for them.â Mackay Road Policing Unit Sergeant Simon Robinson is urging motorcyclists and drivers to take care on the roads. Picture: Heidi Petith
Almost half the drivers who died on Mackay roads in five years were under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. That is the stark reality revealed in the University of the Sunshine Coast s Road Safety Research Collaboration study into fatal crashes in Queensland from 2011 to 2015. Professor Jeremy Davey said data suggested drink-driving and drug-driving fatalities were higher for rural and regional areas like Mackay. Last week on Mackay region roads, police stopped 17 alleged drug-drivers and 14 alleged drink-drivers, Acting Senior Sergeant Daniel Goldburg of Mackay Road Policing Unit said. The figure is almost double the average of 9-10 drug-drivers charged per week in the Mackay district last year.
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