Police across the south-west are continuing high visibility campaigns, using new technology and public dashcam resources in an effort to drive down road trauma.
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South-west police road safety manager Senior Sergeant Chris Asenjo said a combination of tactics was helping police claw back ground after a horror start to the year on Victorian roads.
There have been 10 deaths on south-west roads this year compared with eight for all of 2018.
"We are continuing to target high speed rural roads," he said.
"We are out there, highly visible and we want to let people know what we are doing - that's simply trying to keep everyone safe."
Senior Sergeant Asenjo said varying roster times and better integrating highway patrol and general duties officers were aiding flexibility.
He said that last weekend Operation Palindrome was run focusing on the Glenelg Highway involving Hamilton, Ballarat, Geelong, Portland, Warrnambool and Ararat officers.
"It's a major arterial route going across a number of boundaries. We want to effectively remove those boundaries and work as a team," he said.
"We again had a highly visible police presence and it's very effective when we get together and focus on a single geographical area.
"I noticed there was another fatal in that region on Wednesday."
The road policing chief said a lot of time and resources was being put in to reduce road trauma.
"We're starting to do OK, to try and peg it back," he said.
"We're doing different things, using mobile technology like the automatic number-plate recognition system. There is a direct correlation involving road trauma and unregistered and unlicensed drivers.
"We have a number of tools in our kit. We will also review dash camera footage supplied by members of the public.
"If there is footage of someone breaking the law we will review that footage, investigate and prosecute where possible."
Senior Sergeant Asenjo said all those tools would be used in an effort to reduce road trauma and drive the road toll towards zero.
"Don't speed, be organised, plan ahead and please leave early so you can enjoy the drive," he said.
"Operation Veerat is starting in early August targeting high risk roads in a joint campaign involving Geelong, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Hamilton and Ararat police members.
"It's another high-visibility joint operation. It's about being a deterrent and we know that if drivers see police on the roads they check their speedo.
"We would rather not give out tickets. If there's no tickets, it's less likely there will be road trauma and that's when we all win."
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