POLICE have called on motorists to take responsibility for road safety, saying it is everyone’s responsibility.
Speaking at a Fatality Free Friday event in Cleveland, Acting Senior Sergeant Ben Browne from Capalaba Road Policing Unit said the campaign aimed to raise awareness about road safety in the local community.
“We are reinforcing the message that road safety is everyone’s responsibility,” he said.
“It is not just about the police, council or (Department of) Main Roads. Everyone has to do their bit.”
Acting Senior Sergeant Browne said the Fatality Free Friday campaign aimed for one day with no fatal crashes.
“The hope is that if we have one day that we focus on being fatality free, we can raise awareness about the issue and change attitudes and behaviour on our roads,” he said.
“Hopefully that one day can become more days that are fatality free.”
More than 130,000 road safety pledges have been signed since the campaign began in 2007.
Redlands City councillors, including Mayor Karen Williams, police officers and the community signed their road safety pledges on a large inflatable key at the event.
The Redlands City Council’s Redlands Traffic Advisory Group, Queensland Police, Volunteers in Policing, Crime Stoppers and the organisation Make It Home were present.
The event was held in conjunction with Coffee with a Cop, an initiative which was started in Queensland by Capalaba Police Station’s Senior Constable Sam Schofield and Capalaba Police Beat administration officer Pauline Dunn.
It was the first time Coffee with a Cop was held in Cleveland.
