FIRST HIGH-VISIBILITY POLICE CARS TAKE TO THE ROAD
Published Friday, 03 November, 2006 at 02:21 PM
Minister for Police and Corrective Services
The Honourable Judy Spence
Motorists in Warwick and Kingaroy will soon be sharing the road with prototypes of the new-look, high visibility police cars with fluoro markings.
It follows a Beattie Government commitment during the 2006 state election campaign to maximise the visibility of marked police cars to serve as a deterrent to motorists.
Police Minister Judy Spence said the first two prototypes of the new high visibility marked cars are being put through their paces over the next three months in the NorthCoast and Southern Queensland police regions.
“The two general duties white marked police cars have more highly visible blue and white reflective decals with the added addition of either orange or yellow fluoro markings,” Ms Spence said.
“Highly visible policing has a proven deterrent factor on motorists, as it makes people slow down and obey the road rules.”
Ms Spence said the vehicles will undergo an evaluation process over the next three months, which will involve testing for durability, visibility and feedback from the public and police officers about their markings.
“Once the evaluation period is over, the results will be analysed and used as the basis on which the new markings will be rolled out across the police vehicle fleet statewide. This will occur over the next three years,” Ms Spence said.
The new markings are part of a $1.5 million commitment to increase the visibility of police cars on the road, and fund a further 10 bright red high performance police highway patrol cars.
Ms Spence said the new highway patrol cars – which will also be introduced over the next three years - will double the existing fleet of highway patrol cars.
“The very presence of police cars on the road reminds motorists to obey the road rules – and these highway patrol vehicles are fully equipped to conduct random breath tests,” Ms Spence said.
“These new vehicles will be an extra weapon in the bid by the Beattie Government to reduce the road toll.”
Media contact – Alison Smith 3239 6218 / 0439 673 287
It follows a Beattie Government commitment during the 2006 state election campaign to maximise the visibility of marked police cars to serve as a deterrent to motorists.
Police Minister Judy Spence said the first two prototypes of the new high visibility marked cars are being put through their paces over the next three months in the NorthCoast and Southern Queensland police regions.
“The two general duties white marked police cars have more highly visible blue and white reflective decals with the added addition of either orange or yellow fluoro markings,” Ms Spence said.
“Highly visible policing has a proven deterrent factor on motorists, as it makes people slow down and obey the road rules.”
Ms Spence said the vehicles will undergo an evaluation process over the next three months, which will involve testing for durability, visibility and feedback from the public and police officers about their markings.
“Once the evaluation period is over, the results will be analysed and used as the basis on which the new markings will be rolled out across the police vehicle fleet statewide. This will occur over the next three years,” Ms Spence said.
The new markings are part of a $1.5 million commitment to increase the visibility of police cars on the road, and fund a further 10 bright red high performance police highway patrol cars.
Ms Spence said the new highway patrol cars – which will also be introduced over the next three years - will double the existing fleet of highway patrol cars.
“The very presence of police cars on the road reminds motorists to obey the road rules – and these highway patrol vehicles are fully equipped to conduct random breath tests,” Ms Spence said.
“These new vehicles will be an extra weapon in the bid by the Beattie Government to reduce the road toll.”
Media contact – Alison Smith 3239 6218 / 0439 673 287