Dusnborough top cop praises safe driving in community as school and wet weather takes hold
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Dusnborough’s top cop has praised the community for being safe on the roads as children return to school and the weather gets darker and wetter.
Dunsborough police officer-in-charge Sgt Jon Adams told the Times road users had been staying safe, even on potentially “high-risk” roads as his team sharpens their gaze on early morning traffic.
“Most people don’t expect to see us early in the morning, so sometimes they think they can get away with it,” he said.
“In fairness, we’ve not found much, which is good.
“Cape Naturaliste Road in particularly can be quite risky as it’s through a school zone and drops from 70kph to 40kph.
“But we’ve seen no one speeding or doing anything crazy there, which is a relief.”
The results of the early morning patrols have been minimal, with only a handful of fines given out.
Sgt Adams said the wet winter months proved not only risky on the road but in the water as well.
“We’re really worried about sea safety and want to remind our swimmers to be safe out there,” he said.
“We have no full-time lifeguards doing the winter months and the weather’s been average, so seas can be quite risky.
“We had a couple of people recently nearly get washed out to sea. There’s always people swimming at this time of year, so we want to make sure they’re safe.
“It’s very lucky these two didn’t get washed out to sea.”
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