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  • 35 drivers caught with no seatbelt and five on their phone in just days

    From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 25 03:40:11 2023
    Over 60 vehicles were stopped last week by Humberside Police's Roads Policing Unit as part of a national initiative, Operation Tramline, to identify dangerous drivers committing road-related offences.

    Working in partnership with National Highways, officers have been busy travelling across the region in an unmarked Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) monitoring other drivers in a bid to keep roads safe across our area. The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by
    police later this year in August.

    Throughout the four days of intensive action, the team issued a total of 59 traffic offence reports among those they stopped. 35 of these reports were to drivers who were not wearing their seatbelt, nine for insecure loads and five were found to be using
    their mobile phone behind the wheel.

    “By participating in Operation Tramline, this sees us using an unmarked HGV to spot drivers who are committing road offences. We record video footage of the offences, and colleagues in an accompanying marked vehicle are alerted to intercept the
    offending vehicle, pulling it over and dealing with the driver involved over any offences committed.

    “We are committed in keeping the roads in our region as safe as possible. Those who break the law behind the wheel are putting lives at risk and we see on a daily basis the devastating effects these actions can have.”

    The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by Humberside Police to catch dangerous drivers on the week commencing Monday, August 21. It will then return in mid-October, before being utilised again at the start of December.

    If you have information about road traffic offences, you can call Humberside Police on 101 when it is safe to do so. Alternatively, you can report road traffic incidents via the Humberside Police website by clicking here.

    Roads Policing Inspector, John Rickells said, “Nationally there has been an increase in the past three years of commercial vehicles being involved in fatal collisions.

    “Commercial vehicles carry a significant risk of harm when the driver is not in proper control. Those driving whilst using a mobile phone, failing to comply with EU Driving Hours, or not wearing a seatbelt are an increased risk.

    https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/35-drivers-caught-no-seatbelt-8467721

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Thu May 25 12:13:56 2023
    On 25/05/2023 11:40 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

    Over 60 vehicles were stopped last week by Humberside Police's Roads Policing Unit as part of a national initiative, Operation Tramline, to identify "dangerous" drivers committing road-related offences.

    Working in partnership with National Highways, officers have been busy travelling across the region in an unmarked Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) monitoring other drivers in a bid to keep roads safe across our area. The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by
    police later this year in August.

    Throughout the four days of intensive action, the team issued a total of 59 traffic offence reports among those they stopped. 35 of these reports were to drivers who were not wearing their seatbelt, nine for insecure loads and five were found to be
    using their mobile phone behind the wheel.

    “By participating in Operation Tramline, this sees us using an unmarked HGV to spot drivers who are committing road offences. We record video footage of the offences, and colleagues in an accompanying marked vehicle are alerted to intercept the
    offending vehicle, pulling it over and dealing with the driver involved over any offences committed.

    “We are committed in keeping the roads in our region as safe as possible. Those who break the law behind the wheel are putting lives at risk and we see on a daily basis the devastating effects these actions can have.”

    The unmarked HGV will next be utilised by Humberside Police to catch dangerous drivers on the week commencing Monday, August 21. It will then return in mid-October, before being utilised again at the start of December.

    If you have information about road traffic offences,

    Does driving a motor vehicles for hundreds of miles with no working
    windscreen wipers count?

    you can call Humberside Police on 101 when it is safe to do so. Alternatively, you can report road traffic incidents via the Humberside Police website by clicking here.

    Roads Policing Inspector, John Rickells said, “Nationally there has been an increase in the past three years of commercial vehicles being involved in fatal collisions.

    “Commercial vehicles carry a significant risk of harm when the driver is not in proper control. Those driving whilst using a mobile phone, failing to comply with EU Driving Hours, or not wearing a seatbelt are an increased risk.

    https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/35-drivers-caught-no-seatbelt-8467721

    To whom is "not wearing a seatbelt" an "increased risk"?

    The author *does* know that some people are exempt from the requirement
    to use a seatbelt, yes?

    And even that some vehicles are not required to have them fitted?

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  • From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 25 05:45:41 2023
    1 hr ago

    Is that all, I see loads of driver's on phones daily. Come on Police you can do better than that.
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    WHEN THEY DO - THE "SAFE" SPEEDING DRIVERS BLEAT ABOUT IT BEING "UNFAIR".

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