Police would use them to target traffic offences during the holiday period, targeting drink driving, drug driving, speed, fatigue and seatbelts, Assistant Commissioner (Traffic) Noel Ashby said.
But despite a holiday traffic blitz which promised to be the most comprehensive seen in Victoria, the Christmas period had begun in an "extremely frustrating" way, Mr Ashby said.
"The message we always give consistently is that it can happen to you," he said today.
"(There is) almost a culture amongst Victorian drivers where they really think they won't be involved in road trauma, and that is really the message.
"We're asking people to really take care and think about what they are doing on the roads.
"There is a real opportun
"We really can't go on with the loss of life and trauma on our roads at the rate that it's occurring at the present time."
RACV public policy general manager Ken Ogden said he was concerned at a recent increase in the number of drink drivers on Victorian roads.
Figures showed 35 per cent of Victorian driver fatalities involved excessive alcohol, compared with a five-year average of 29 per cent.
In one operation early this month, in which seven booze buses ringed Melbourne's CBD, police found one in 72 drivers over the legal limit – about three times the usual number.
Dr Ogden said he was at a loss to explain the rise.
"It's a real worry. Ten years or so ago alcohol was a factor in half of road fatalities," Dr Ogden told AAP.
"That fell to about a quarter and now it's on the rise again."
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks urged Victorian drivers to commit themselves to saving more lives this Christmas.
"Our enjoyment should not be at the expense of someone else's distress," he said.
