NSW traffic and highway patrol officers will “saturate” the Hume Highway, in a high-visibility road safety policing blitz next week.

Part of Operation Furious, police say the four-day operation, will run from Tuesday, March 5, until Friday, March 8 and will see traffic and highway patrol officers deployed to the 840km stretch of the Hume Highway from Summer Hill in Sydney to Albury on the Victorian border.

Victoria Police will continue the operation across the border, as part of Operation Hamilton.

Operation Furious is targeting speeding and dangerous driving offences, with mobile and stationary speed enforcement to reduce serious injury and fatal crashes on the Hume Highway.

A/Supt Greg Donaldson says: “Over the last 10 years, 81 lives have been lost from 76 crashes along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Albury.

“Overwhelmingly, these crashes have been a result of driver behaviour, in the form of speeding, alcohol or drugs, fatigue or other poor driving choice. These lives could have been saved if drivers took greater responsibility when getting behind the wheel”

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