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“Everybody's out on the run tonight;
“But there's no place left to hide.”
That’s the message from the Macedon Rangers highway patrol, whose members will be out in force this weekend ensuring concert-goers all have a safe journey home from Saturday night’s Bruce Springsteen concert at Hanging Rock.
The Kyneton-based unit will be joined by police members from Bendigo, Castlemaine, Melton and Brimbank in Operation Thunder Road, targeting anyone who gets behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Senior constable Jamie Jordan said three booze buses and a further five mobile drug testing sites would be on hand to ensure no one planning to drink or take drugs and drive would slip through the net.
“We expect that people driving to and from the event will do their part and ensure that if they are drinking they have a designated driver or their drinking does not exceed the limit that they’re allowed to drive under and obviously there’ll be zero tolerance for any drug and drink driving coming out of the venue,” he said.
“In addition to those three buses and the testing stations we’ll have 42 road policing members targeting those offences but other offences as well.”
Senior Constable Jordan said with police providing a “highly visible” presence in and around the venue and along the Calder Freeway it was in drivers’ best interests to heed the road rules.
“You won’t know where we are but expect to get tested on the way home,” he said.
“Obviously we want everyone to get home safely and we’ll be doing our part to ensure that happens, but we also expect that patrons will be doing the same thing and doing their bit.”