00:00So the New South Wales Police Force will be out in force from midnight to night targeting
00:04speeding, drink driving, drug offences on our road network with an aim to reduce road
00:10trauma.
00:11We're calling on everybody in New South Wales to slow down, look out for your mates, to
00:16ensure that everybody can get to where they need to go safely.
00:19We'll be targeting highways, back roads, local roads, everywhere in the state.
00:23If you're on a road, you're in our sights.
00:26Police are expecting to detect speeding offences.
00:29Again, that's why we're asking everybody in the state to slow down and take that personal
00:34responsibility so that everyone can get to where they need to go.
00:37We didn't see any fatal crashes in the Murray River area over the Christmas operation.
00:43We'd like to repeat that again over the Australia Day operation.
00:46If you're going out on holidays and you're going to be travelling long distances, monitor
00:49your fatigue, take regular breaks, make sure you're rested before you start your trip.
00:54Keep in mind, if you're travelling somewhere and you've got a lot of luggage in your car,
00:58the stopping capabilities of your vehicle are going to be compromised and make sure you're
01:02maintaining safe stopping distances so that you can avoid having a crash.
01:06Any fatality on our New South Wales roads, it's a mum, it's a dad, it's a brother, it's
01:10a sister, it's a son or a daughter.
01:13Every life counts.
01:14We're calling on everybody to have a plan B. Use taxis, use buses, have a designated
01:19driver.
01:20Don't get in the car and drive if you've been consuming alcohol.
01:24You're going to end up killing somebody and it's, like I said, it's somebody's family member
01:29that's going to die.
01:31Over this period, New South Wales police force have increased the number of highway patrol
01:34staff that will be on the road.
01:38Everywhere from border to border, we're going to be out there.
01:41You may not see us, but there'll definitely be police out there.
01:45Police will be implementing road closures if needed in response to bushfires.
01:49At this stage, we're not aware of any particular threat that we may encounter, but we are ready
01:55for it.
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