Economic growth is enhanced by safe and efficient road transport infrastructure. Australian major cities where most consumer demands occur are situated vast distances apart, relying heavily on road freight transport. South Australia (SA) relies on road freight to satisfy most of its commodity, product and consumer needs. The road transport sector in South Australia currently employs approximately 30,000 people. A doubling of the freight task is predicted within South Australia by 2020. Of that volume about 80 per cent is predicted to be by road freight. Within SA there is approximately 100,000 km's of road network within a landmass of 984,377 square kilometres. For the year ending 31 March 2001 approximately 46 million tonnes of freight was conveyed by road. Vast distances and remote areas provide challenges for community policing, especially the rigors of traffic law enforcement. All uniform police officers share some responsibility for enforcement of traffic related legislation and regulations within South Australia. This paper outlines how policing resources are allocated geographically, the duties of those districts and heavy vehicle enforcement policing activities. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214057. Printed volume contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM contains submitted papers.
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