A total of 447 road bookings were made from December 31, 2020 till 6am today.

According to police, 55 bookings were recorded in the Southern Division, 222 in the West, 129 in the East while 41 were recorded in the North.

Police added that speeding is still an issue as 261 cases were recorded while six were booked for careless driving and seven drivers were sighted driving without a seat belt.

14 drivers were caught using mobile phone while driving and 150 for other offenses such as disobeying road markings, etc.

22 were booked for drunk driving including eight in the Western and Eastern divisions respectively with six cases recorded in the Southern Division.

Fiji Police Force Director of Traffic, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mitieli Divuana is advising drivers to drive carefully and follow road rules as many tend to forget about their safety around this time of the year.

He adds officers will continue with their traffic operations as there will be a large movement of vehicles on our roads.