SA Police has made the National Road Safety Week pledge to do their part in making roads across Australia safe and is encouraging others to do the same.

Officer in Charge of Hills Fleurieu Local Service Area Superintendent Joanne Howard says police will also conduct a state-wide road safety operation focused on curbing road safety offences from 12 May.

“Throughout National Road Safety Week, police will conduct Operation Danger, which targets easily avoidable offences and if drivers obey simple road rules, they’re less likely to cause a collision,” Superintendent Howard says.

“Police will target dangerous road behaviours including following too close, disobeying traffic lights and Give Way signs, changing lanes dangerously, failing to keep left and misusing a motor vehicle.

“Road users should simply make safe road choices and drive to survive. Give each other space between vehicles, check your blind spots and slow down as you approach intersection.”

This year, there have been 29 deaths and 197 serious injuries on South Australian roads and locally, there have been 32 serious injuries and three lives lost.

Join SAPOL in making the pledge to ‘drive so others survive’ via the National Road Safety Week website.