TOOWOOMBA'S police have rolled out phase two of nationwide traffic operation Crossroads, armed with new motorbike radar technology which can now detect and record speeds.
Darling Downs Police District Inspector Mike Curtin said the region's yearly road toll was seven fewer than last year, but, at 23, it was still much too high.
"There's been an increase in enforcement and one of the things we look at is our engagement with other agencies," he said.
"There has been a concerted effort by police to focus on this and all of our policing issues across the board; our fatalities are still too high."
Insp. Curtin said alcohol contributed to three of the 20 fatal crashes which killed 23 people in the Darling Downs region this year.
He said increased random breath test patrols had identified a changing demographic of people caught drunk behind the wheel.
"Traditionally, we used to see the major fatality category was 16-24-year-old male persons," Insp. Curtin said.
That had changed to men aged 25 to 40 years, he said.
Phase two of the nationwide road policing operation Crossroads started yesterday, targeting the fatal five and driver behaviour on the Warrego, Cunningham, New England and Gore highways.
That has been bolstered by new Raptor Mobile Radar-fitted police motorbikes which can detect speeds. The new technology was rolled out in the region last week.
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