BRISBANE, Queensland, April 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:
Police are urging motorists to take care on the roads now that school is back, after a devastating Easter school holiday period for fatal road crashes.
Queensland Police Service (QPS) wrapped up Operation X-Ray Easter with officers conducting more than 30,000 hours of enforcement to drive home the road safety message.
This resulted in almost 120,000 roadside breath tests and 7500 roadside drug tests conducted between April 4 to April 21.
Of those tested, almost 2,000 drivers were found to be over the legal alcohol limit and more than 750 drivers returned a positive result for drugs and had to undergo further testing.
Police also undertook s...