{"id":164861,"date":"2016-11-30T22:05:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=164861"},"modified":"2020-09-30T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T01:41:31","slug":"police-tickets-will-reward-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/11\/30\/police-tickets-will-reward-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Tickets Will Reward Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do the right thing and Nanango’s boys and girls in blue will give you a ticket to go into a draw to win one of four $200 shopping vouchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 1, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drivers who get pulled over by Nanango police for a random breath test will get a ticket … but only if they blow zero.<\/p>\n

The ticket is an opportunity to go into a draw to win one of four $200 shopping vouchers.<\/p>\n

This is the second year that Nanango Police have run “Project Sober Roads” in the run-up to Christmas.<\/p>\n

The project is being run in conjunction with the Nanango Community Men’s Shed who successfully sourced funding from Heritage Community Branch at Nanango.<\/p>\n

Officer-in-charge of Nanango Police, Sergeant Jason Newton, said 500 tickets had been printed.<\/p>\n

From now until mid-December, drivers who are tested by Nanango police and record \u201czero\u201d on the roadside test will be handed a voucher as reward.<\/p>\n

All the driver has to do is fill in his details on the tickets and drop it into the box on the front counter of Nanango Police Station.<\/p>\n

There are two $200 SupaIGA Nanango vouchers to be won plus a $200 voucher from Airds Hardware and a $200 voucher from Nanango Motors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sgt Newton said the key strategy behind the project was to raise awareness about impaired driving.<\/p>\n

“We want people to have a conversation about it, talk with each other,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Drink and drug driving is not a policing problem. It is a community problem that requires a community solution.<\/p>\n

“We want to become agents of change.”<\/p>\n

He said that in 2014-15, 30 per cent of local traffic crashes involved an impaired driver.<\/p>\n

“In calendar year 2016, it has been substantially lower,” he said.<\/p>\n

RBT units began handing out the Project Sober Roads tickets to motorists on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The prize draw will take place at Nanango Police Station on December 21.<\/p>\n

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