The annual Coffee with a Cop event was popular when held on Monday August 18 at Aunty Alice’s Cafe on Russell Island.
There was quite a crew of police on hand who were keen to get a community message out to islanders.
It was also attended by Redlands MP Rebecca Young, who chatted and met with police and the island community.
The popular annual event annually kicks off Queensland Road Safety Week.
That’s why Queensland Police invited road users to ‘Coffee with a Cop’ meetings right across Queensland on the day.
The police team at Aunty Alice’s Cafe went to great pains to explain 31 lives have already been lost on Brisbane’s roads this year, which just happens to be double the number of 16 road deaths at the same point last year.
Data shows serious crashes can be significantly reduced when drivers recognise and avoid the ‘fatal five’ behaviours of:
Speeding
Drink and drug driving
Not wearing seatbelts
Fatigue
Distraction
The Coffee with a Cop event at Aunty Alice’s featured a special road safety display.
