RACQ’s latest Annual Road Safety Survey uncovers a troubling rise in dangerous driving habits across Queensland, with road fatalities climbing as a result.

Nearly 16% of respondents admitted to drink driving — the highest rate since 2017 — and over 6% drove after using illegal drugs.

Dr. Michael Kane stressed the urgent impact, linking this cultural shift directly to tragedies affecting local families and communities.

The survey reveals more than half of drink drivers actively dodged police checkpoints, and 40% relied on mobile apps to avoid detection.

RACQ is urging the state to expand roadside drug and alcohol testing, boost funding for addiction support, and impose harsher penalties—including tougher impoundment measures.

Concerns extend to personal mobility devices, with eight deaths recorded in 2024.

RACQ is pushing for stronger policing powers to remove illegal or unsafe devices from public areas to better protect Queenslanders.