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September 25th, 2012 by Marcus
Motorists were caught for various motoring offences in a day-long operation held in Ely.
Officers were stood just from Ely Police Station with drivers pulled straight from the road into the station.
A total of 37 tickets were issued for no seat belts while 14 tickets for mobile phone offences were issued in just a total of 4 hours.
Among those caught was a motorist who, besides not wearing his seatbelt, also decided to start a drag race at the traffic lights just 100 yards from waiting officers.
He was handed a fixed penalty notice and issued with a section 59 order.
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July 30th, 2012 by Marcus
Almost 50 motorists were seen behind the wheel without a seatbelt during a crackdown in Buxton.
Derbyshire Police Officers cautioned or gave fixed penalty notices to 48 people seen driving without a seatbelt.
Ten other motorists were dealt with for using a mobile phone while driving.
Six drivers were issued with notices because their vehicles were defective.
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July 16th, 2012 by Marcus
A van driver was caught by police as he phoned his girlfriend while waiting at a set of traffic lights.
Kite surfing instructor Ben Clarke, appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court, when he admitted to using a mobile phone while driving and failing to wear a seatbelt.
A further charge of driving otherwise in an accordance with his licence was dropped after he entered a not guilty plea.
Magistrates’ heard his licence had been revoked as he failed to return it to have penalty points added for a speeding offence in November 2009.
Clarke was seen making the call by police but in court said this had been ‘blown out of proportion’ by the officer.
He was fined £182 in costs and his licence was endorsed with three penalty points.
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July 5th, 2012 by Marcus
More than 70 driving offences were spotted in Cumbria during a month long crackdown on motorists.
Motorists were caught over the alcohol limit, mobile phone offences, not wearing seatbelts, speeding and driving without insurance.
The month long operation in West Cumbria was carried out to pre-empt a seasonal trend in which Copeland often suffers a higher than average number crashes in the summer.
More than half the motorists caught were under the age of 25.
During the operation:
- 7 motorists were arrested for drink driving.
- 3 were seized for being uninsured.
- 18 drivers were caught speeding.
- 42 other motorists were spotted carrying out offences including mobile phone offences, driving while not wearing a seatbelt or driving a defective vehicle.
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June 26th, 2012 by Marcus
Almost 170 offences were identified and dealt with during a five day campaign aimed at lorry drivers.
Suffolk Police’s casualty reduction team carried out the large goods vehicle enforcement campaign last week.
Officers patrolled the A14, A11 and A12 dual carriageways with the aim of detecting offences that could lead to drivers being distracted such as using a mobile phone, eating, drinking or reading a map while driving.
During the five days, a total of 168 offences were identified.
There were 120 seatbelt offences resulting in drivers receiving a £60 fixed penalty notice and there were 23 mobile phone offences where drives received a £60 fixed penalty notice and three points on their licences.
Eleven drivers also received a fixed penalty notice and three points as being identified as not being in proper control of their vehicle.
Three drivers were caught speeding and one driver was found to be committing a licence offence.
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June 19th, 2012 by Marcus
Dozens of motorists were stopped by police officers who identified 74 separate motoring offences during a road safety operation on the A40.
Police officers handed out fixed penalty notices and temporary bans to drivers found to be flouting the law by driving while using their mobile phones, not wearing seat belts and driving without insurance.
A 44-tonne large goods vehicle was seized after its officers found the driver did not have a valid driving licence and had left his tachograph vehicle safety record card elsewhere.
In total, 22 motorists were penalised for mobile phone offences, six drivers were stopped because their windows were excessively tinted and two drivers were not deemed to be in full control of their vehicle.
Four were found to not be wearing seatbelts, five motorists had no insurance, while two had no valid driving licence.
Other motorists were found to have no number plates, road tax or tachograph vehicle safety recording devices. Cars and lorries were also stopped for having faulty exhausts, brakes and lights.
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June 11th, 2012 by Marcus
More than 50 motorists travelling through Burnley have been fined for a string of motoring offences.
During a police crackdown over the bank holiday, 57 drivers were fined for a number of offences including speeding, the use of a mobile phone while driving and not wearing a seatbelt.
A further three people who were driving without insurance had their car seized and two others were also fined £60 each for having illegible registration plates.
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June 11th, 2012 by Marcus
Fifteen driving offences were spotted during a crackdown on motorists, with one fine issued to a trucker after he was spotted using his mobile phone.
Police said the operation was aimed at improving road safety and cutting the number of serious or fatal accidents in Cumbria.
Four fines were issued for motorists spotted driving while using a mobile phone.
One fixed penalty notice was issued to a motorist deemed to not be in control of their vehicle.
Five fines were issued to motorists for seatbelt related offences and three vehicles were spotted with illegal tyres.
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May 16th, 2012 by Marcus
Dorset police have released a list of unique excuses given by motorists for why they should avoid a fixed penalty notice.
- A motorist from Poole was stopped for using his mobile phone while driving. He stated the obvious, as he said: ‘Well I wouldn’t have used my mobile if I knew there were police officers in an unmarked car behind me.’
- A woman denied to officers that she was using her mobile phone while driving. She told police that she was instead eating a prawn cracker and she didn’t have her mobile phone with her. She then provided the officer with her number and when the officer rang the number, unsurprisingly, the woman’s phone rang in the car. The woman immediately apologised and offered the officer a prawn cracker.’
- A driver was caught doing more than 50mph before telling officers ‘he thought it was only a 40mph zone.’
- A motorist stopped in Poole travelling at 50mph in a 40mph zone told officers: ‘I’m on my way to an eyesight test and didn’t see the speed limit sign.’
- One woman stopped travelling at 44mph said that she was just keeping up with the flow of traffic. She changed her defence when the officer pointed out that she was the only car on the road.
- A motorcyclist was stopped by officers for riding at 42mph. He thought it was unfair that the police positioned themselves at the bottom of the hill because his bike goes faster downhill.
- A driver was stopped for not wearing his seatbelt. When questioned by officers he said he was not wearing one because ‘his wife was always going on at him about it.’ He then claimed that it took a long time for the news about the seat belt laws to sink in.
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May 1st, 2012 by Marcus
Twenty-three motorists have been offered road safety courses after they were stopped by police for seatbelt and mobile phone offences.
A total of 18 drivers and passengers were stopped by Milton Keynes Road Policing Department for not wearing seatbelts and were offered a ‘Seatbelt First’ internet course.
A further 5 were stopped for using their mobile phone and were offered the ‘Call Divert’ internet course.
One driver had his vehicle seized for having no insurance and driving unsupervised with a provisional licence. This driver will be summoned to court.
The courses are alternative to fines which are £60 and three penalty points.
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Tags: Caught Speeding, driving without insurance, maj law, mobile phone offence, no seatbelt, provisional licence, Speeding Solicitor
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