Operation fines 100 drivers in first week

GREATER Dandenong Police have helped slap motorists with more than 100 fines in the first week of a crackdown on Monash Freeway drivers.
Operation Linker began last week with a strong warning from Victoria Police notifying drivers members would step up patrols along the freeway, which starts in Beaconsfield and ends in Melbourne.
Victoria Police say the combined regional effort has nabbed drivers for more than 100 traffic-related offences, including drink driving, unroadworthy vehicles, not wearing seatbelts and sitting in the right-hand lane.
One driver gave police a false name, two drivers did not displayed P-plates and police automatically suspended the licences of 11 drivers who were caught driving at more than 25km/h over the speed limit.
Region Four Assistant Commissioner Bob Hastings said police were disappointed by the number of offences after they had publicised the operation.
“Police will continue to be out in force along the Monash Freeway and the message is clear – if you do the wrong thing, you will be caught,” he said.