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Police call for more awareness of stop signs

TARI JEFFERSBunbury Herald

Police are putting their collective foot down in a bid to prevent crashes at a new intersection.

There have been three crashes — two of which were serious — at the Outer Ring Road and Moore Road intersection since it opened as part of stage one of the Outer Ring Road project.

South West traffic officers are urging people to take notice of stop signs and other street signs to help prevent crashes.

Traffic officer-in-charge Sgt Craig Clarke said police gave five infringements at the intersection within 40 minutes on Monday.

“The impression we got was most people don’t realise it’s a stop sign,” he said.

“We saw people weren’t coming to a stop and were treating it more like a give way sign.”

Sgt Clarke said the officers opted to provide cautions and education to drivers who paused at the intersection and gave infringements to those who did not pause at all.

“We’ve had two serious crashes there already,” Sgt Clarke said.

“Stop signs are put there for a reason, they’re for drivers’ safety.”

One of the serious crashes involved a car which failed to stop at the stop sign and crashed with a truck.

Another crash happened when a truck rolled because it went around the corner too quickly.

“We want to stop this from becoming a crash hotspot,” Sgt Clarke said.

Sen. Const Matt Bayliss said precedence showed drivers were already looking left and right as they approached a stop sign.

“Wait until you stop at the stop sign before you look,” he said.

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