Colac Highway Patrol

  • Crackdown on roads

    Colac and district motorists were mostly on their best behaviour during the Easter long weekend, with police only detecting four drink drivers across the region.

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  • Police catch erratic driver

    An Irrewillipe man will be off the road for a year after police caught him driving erratically while three times over the legal blood alcohol limit.

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  • Truck driver cops penalty notices after collision with ute

    A truck driver has received two infringement notices after a two-vehicle crash in Colac left a motorist in hospital.

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  • Spate of crashes across Colac

    Colac police are shocked at driver behaviour after four serious crashes in Colac within a week due to motorists failing to give way, saying it’s lucky nobody died as a result.

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  • Speeder found hiding out in bedroom

    Police have tracked down a Colac man hiding in a bedroom after allegedly clocking him speeding at 180kmh in a 100kmh zone.

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  • Busy weekend for police

    Motorists have mainly behaved on Colac district roads over the long weekend, with police detecting one drink driver after hundreds of tests.

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  • School zone speeders draw police attention

    Speeding motorists have been ignoring 40kmh school speed zones in Colac this week, with police detecting a dozen speeders outside schools.

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  • Police cracking down on drink and speed

    Colac police breath tested more than 1600 motorists across the long weekend, detecting two drink drivers, in a busy period on the region’s roads.

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