Victorian drivers are being urged to slow down, put their phones away and obey the road rules following an uptick in road deaths last year.
abc.net.au/news/victoria-road-toll-deaths-up-2022-regional-road-safety/101821176Victoria's Transport Accident Commission is urging people to slow down, put their phones away and obey the road roads — particularly in regional areas — following an uptick in road deaths in the last year.
The regional death toll was the second highest recorded by the TAC over the past five years, with only 2019 seeing more regional road deaths . "We can avoid these crashes and it is often the things that we all know that we shouldn't be doing," she said.
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