The Amy Gillett Foundation is an active stakeholder in supporting the Victoria Police Operation Halo, aimed at reducing road trauma involving pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists through education and awareness. It is not about solely targeting these road users’ behaviour - it's about the behaviour of all road users. Victoria Police will be enforcing all road rules, which are about increasing the safety of our pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycle riders.

Operation Halo Enters Final Weeks

Police have detected 3943 offences which could have contributed to pedestrian, cyclist and motorcycle road trauma in the first three weeks of Operation Halo.

The operation has seen about 100 police a day working across the Melbourne, Port Phillip, Yarra, Boroondara and Stonnington Police Service Areas in peak commuter times at high-collision locations.

As part of the operation, police have detected:

368 pedestrian offences, including:
•    337 disobey traffic light or sign
 
427 bicycle offences, including:
•    237 fail to wear helmet
•    29 ride on footpath
•    139 disobey traffic lights or signs
 
309 motorcycle offences, including:
•    131 ride in bicycle lane
•    22 disobey traffic lights or signs
•    8 fail to indicate
 
2839 car/truck offences, including:
•    353 disobey traffic lights or signs
•    939 use mobile phone
•    42 drive in bicycle lane
•    17 diverge when unsafe
•    17 fail to give way
•    5 alight from vehicle when unsafe.

State Bicycle Coordinator Sergeant Arty Lavos said police were out again this morning at locations around the five areas enforcing the road rules.

“This operation is about targeting road trauma involving our vulnerable road users such as cyclists, motorcycle riders and pedestrians,” Sgt Lavos said.

“That doesn’t mean that we are targeting these road user groups. What we are targeting is the factors behind deaths and serious injuries involving vulnerable road users.

“This includes pedestrians crossing against a red light, cyclists not wearing a helmet, motorcycle riders travelling in bicycle lanes and cars and trucks driving while using a mobile phone or failing to give-way.

“Our road toll is currently 46 – that’s 14 higher than this time last year. Of those deaths, four have been cyclists, four pedestrians and six motorcycle riders.

“We know we had a 26 per cent rise in pedestrian fatalities last year and we don’t want to see this happen again.

“This operation is about raising awareness of these issues on our roads and working together to make a difference.”

The operation, which involves police from State Highway Patrol, Operations Response Unit, Bicycle Patrol Unit and local uniform members will run to the end of February.