A POLICE operation will target speeding drivers over the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
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Operation Regal will run for four days between Friday and Monday and target high-risk driving behaviour.
It will involve officers from all local road policing units, general duties, and other operational policing units and will run alongside Operation Sentinel, which ensures Melburnians don't enter regional Victoria as part of the state's coronavirus restrictions.
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People in regional areas are still able to travel despite metropolitan residents limited to a 25km radius from their home.
Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Libby Murphy said motorists can expect to see a bolstered police presence on Victorian roads.
"With regional Victorians free to travel across the state, we're still anticipating a busy weekend on regional roads and major arterials."
Ninety-four lives have been lost on Victorian roads in 2021 with excessive or inappropriate speed a factor in 50 per cent of the fatalities.
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