Drivers urged to slow down to arrest road toll increase

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Police and Logan road safety advocates are reminding drivers to slow down and be patient on the road, with the state's road toll already at 103.

Nine people, two more than this time last year, have lost their lives on Logan's roads this year, and police are campaigning to keep Friday fatality free.
Logan District Traffic Branch Officer In Charge, Senior Sergeant Scott Lacey said last year's Fatality Free Friday was marred by five fatalities in Logan on the following Saturday and he did not want to see a repeat.
``I hope Friday and Saturday goes off without a hitch and after a review of last year's 22 fatalities in Logan, the fatal four still rings very true,'' he said.
``As well as drink-driving, speeding, no seatbelts and fatigue, we've had two fatals in the last 12 months involving mobile phone usage.''
Snr-Sgt Lacey said the SafeRoads4Logan campaign had been highly successful to date.
``Although fatal crashes are up, injury crashes and overall crashes are down,'' he said.
Brake Driver Awareness Program founder Rob Duncan said Fatality Free Friday made drivers conscious of how they behaved on the road.
``If drivers can do it one day, they should do it every day,'' he said.
``With fatalities on the rise, the ripple effect on the community is enormous. (When) young people... see older drivers with bad behaviour, they tend to copy.
``Safe driving is the responsibility of everyone.''
Logan City Council road safety advocate, Cr Russell Lutton, said there had been a 7.4 per cent decrease in crashes, and the SafeRoads4 Logan target was 10 per cent.
``Logan is heading in the right direction with the level of crashes reducing. SafeRoads4Logan will be ongoing and we'll work together with police,'' he said.

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