WHILE residents should be staying home this weekend, should the need for getting in the car arise, double demerits will still be in play this Easter.
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Double demerit points will commence at 12.01am on April 9 and will be enforced until 11.59pm on April 13.
Highway patrol officers from throughout the Murrumbidgee Police District will be out and about during this period as part of Operation Tortoise.
This is a state-wide road safety operation for the Easter long weekend and it will see officers targeting speeding, drink driving, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences and more.
All of these will attract double demerit points.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy, reminded residents who were undertaking essential travel the same road rules still applied throughout the long weekend and beyond.
Already in 2020, 88 people have lost their lives on NSW roads.
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The NSW Premier and the NSW Health Minister have also outlined orders under the Public Health Act that state a person must not leave their home without a reasonable excuse during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
These rules do not prohibit people from going to the supermarket and pharmacy, going to and from work if you cannot work from home, going to medical appointments, or leaving for some brief exercise in your own neighbourhood.
